Tuesday, October 06, 2009

U.S. Toll in Iraq, Afghanistan


Iraq and Afghanistan statistics via The Boston Glove (AP).

As of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at least 4,348 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,474 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

As of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at least 791 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 Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 611 were killed by hostile action.

More here and here.

Honor the Fallen.

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