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06-25-2005, 07:30 PM
By The Associated Press 55 minutes ago
As of Saturday, June 25, 2005, at least 1,734 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the
Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,333 died as a result of hostile action. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is five higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EDT Friday.
The British military has reported 89 deaths; Italy, 25; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, 13; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark,
El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when
President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,595 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,224 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
• Two additional Marines were reported killed in an ambush Thursday in Fallujah. A total of four Marines have been reported killed in the attack.
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The latest identification reported by the military:
• Marine Cpl. Carlos Pineda, 23, Los Angeles; died Friday after being shot in Fallujah; assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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As of Saturday, June 25, 2005, at least 1,734 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the
Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,333 died as a result of hostile action. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is five higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EDT Friday.
The British military has reported 89 deaths; Italy, 25; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, 13; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark,
El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when
President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,595 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,224 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
• Two additional Marines were reported killed in an ambush Thursday in Fallujah. A total of four Marines have been reported killed in the attack.
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The latest identification reported by the military:
• Marine Cpl. Carlos Pineda, 23, Los Angeles; died Friday after being shot in Fallujah; assigned to the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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