U.S. Death toll reaches 3,000 |
January 1, 2007: The day after the execution of Saddam Hussein, the death toll for US soldiers fighting in Iraq was announced to have reached 3,000.[1] This death toll included all US soldiers who had died during the almost four years of the conflict. The exact identity of this fatality was not known, since the exact times of death for everyone in the country were not available at the time.[2] However, this number is extremely low compared to Iraqi forces. In 2006, the UN reported that more than 34,000 Iraqis had died in the violence.[3] The total number of Iraqi fatalities has been estimated from 50,000 to several hundred thousand.[4] It was also announced that the US death toll went up to 3,002 after an explosion in the Diyala province, north of Baghdad, killed two soldiers.[5] This death toll includes seven civilians who worked for the Department of Defense and were killed in the conflict in Iraq. Among the US troops, another 22,000 had been wounded since the war began in 2003.[6] As well, 250 allied troops have died in the conflict, the majority of them British.[7] President Bush announced these casualties along with an idea of changing the strategy in the conflict, as it was becoming increasingly unpopular.[8]
[1] "Iraq War Timeline." Msnbc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
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[3] "Iraq War Timeline." msnbc.com.
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[1] "Iraq War Timeline." Msnbc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
[2] CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.
[3] "Iraq War Timeline." msnbc.com.
[4] CNN. Cable News Network.
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