3603 US dead, and counting

When are we going to pull out heads out of our asses and pull our troops out of Iraq?

What's it going to take?

Heaven help us if we have another terrorist attack in this country. Bush will clamp down so hard on civil liberties, the American people will cower in the corner, and the people of Iraq will likely suffer even more than before.

U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,603
By The Associated Press July 7, 2007

As of Saturday, July 7, 2007, at least 3,603 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 2,952 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is 13 higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 158 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

-- Two soldiers were killed Friday by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

-- Three sailors died Friday during combat in Baghdad. All were assigned to a SEAL team based in Norfolk, Va. The sailors were:
-- Navy Petty Officer First Class Jason Dale Lewis, 30, Brookfield, Conn.
-- Navy Petty Officer First Class Robert Richard McRill, 42, Lake Placid, Fla.
-- Navy Petty Officer First Class Steven Phillip Daugherty, 28, Barstow, Calif.

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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/

found in the Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/07/07/us_military_deaths_in_iraq_at_3603/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News