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U.S. Toll in Iraq, Afghanistan

Iraq and Afghanistan figures via The Boston Globe (AP).

As of Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, at least 3,722 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,046 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is 17 higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, at least 361 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 18, 2007.

Of those, the military reports 239 were killed by hostile action.

More here and here.

And as always, cryptome.org keeps a very, very extensive list here, as does the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count website here.

posted by Fergie @ 8/22/2007 06:48:00 PM