Posted on 10/30/2007 4:11:52 PM PDT by MNJohnnie
BAGHDAD — The monthly toll of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq is on track to being the lowest in nearly two years, with at least 34 troop deaths recorded as of Tuesday, but the military cautioned it's too early to declare a long-term trend.
Iraqi civilians, meanwhile, faced more attacks on Tuesday.
At least four mortar rounds slammed into a village near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, killing a woman and wounding five other civilians, police said.
In Baghdad, gunmen in a speeding car tossed a hand grenade into a crowd of shoppers in eastern Baghdad, killing one person and wounding five, according to an officer in the capital. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release the information.
At least 34 American service members have died so far in October, nearly a third from non-combat causes.
It is the lowest number since 32 troops died in March 2006 and the second-lowest since 20 troop deaths in February 2004, according to an Associated Press count based on military figures.
That would be the second consecutive drop in monthly figures, after 65 Americans died in September and 84 in August.
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3 killed today.
May they rest in peace.
Thought you might like this one
Do you have a link? I haven’t heard this. Know the details? Who-what-where-when-how?
Oooh, the humanity...oh, wait, that doesn’t work here...
No. Sorry. Heard it on the radio. IED.
Thanks
These AlQueda must not have gotten the bin Laden memo last week. Osama wanted the locals to stop killing innocents.
NO! NO! NO! NO!
The Surge is Working!!!
Killed:
US B O Tot avg per day date
10-2007 36 1 1 38 1.27 30
9-2007 65 2 2 69 2.3 30
8-2007 84 4 88 2.84 31
7-2007 78 8 1 87 2.81 31
6-2007 101 7 108 3.6 30
5-2007 126 3 2 131 4.23 31
4-2007 104 12 1 117 3.9 30
3-2007 81 1 82 2.65 31
2-2007 81 3 1 85 3.04 28
1-2007 83 3 86 2.77 31
12-2006 112 1 2 115 3.71 31
11-2006 70 6 2 78 2.6 30
10-2006 106 2 2 110 3.55 31
9-2006 72 3 2 77 2.57 30
8-2006 65 1 66 2.13 31
7-2006 43 1 2 46 1.48 31
6-2006 61 2 63 2.1 30
5-2006 69 9 1 79 2.55 31
4-2006 76 1 5 82 2.73 30
3-2006 31 2 33 1.06 31
2-2006 55 3 58 2.07 28
1-2006 62 2 64 2.06 31
12-2005 68 68 2.19 31
11-2005 84 1 1 86 2.87 30
10-2005 96 2 1 99 3.19 31
9-2005 49 3 52 1.73 30
8-2005 85 85 2.74 31
7-2005 54 3 1 58 1.87 31
6-2005 78 1 4 83 2.77 30
5-2005 80 2 6 88 2.84 31
4-2005 52 52 1.73 30
3-2005 35 1 3 39 1.26 31
2-2005 58 2 60 2.14 28
1-2005 107 10 10 127 4.1 31
12-2004 72 1 3 76 2.45 31
11-2004 137 4 141 4.7 30
10-2004 64 2 2 68 2.19 31
9-2004 80 3 4 87 2.9 30
8-2004 66 4 5 75 2.42 31
7-2004 54 1 3 58 1.87 31
6-2004 42 1 7 50 1.67 30
5-2004 80 4 84 2.71 31
4-2004 135 5 140 4.67 30
3-2004 52 52 1.68 31
2-2004 20 1 2 23 0.79 29
1-2004 47 5 52 1.68 31
12-2003 40 8 48 1.55 31
11-2003 82 1 27 110 3.67 30
10-2003 44 1 2 47 1.52 31
9-2003 31 1 1 33 1.1 30
8-2003 35 6 2 43 1.39 31
7-2003 48 1 49 1.58 31
6-2003 30 6 36 1.2 30
5-2003 37 4 1 42 1.35 31
4-2003 74 6 80 2.67 30
3-2003 65 27 92 7.67 12
Total 3842 171 132 4145 2.46 1686
Lefty site, but useful.
Three soldiers were killed Tuesday when their patrol was struck by an explosive southeast of Baghdad.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/10/30/ap4281204.html
No identifications yet by the military.
http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/Lists/New%20Casualty%20Reports/Current%20Reports.aspx
Excellent news.
That total includes non-combat deaths (e.g. diseases, suicide, car wrecks, heart attacks, etc.).
Actual combat deaths will be fewer than 1 per day through October...down from 4 per day this Summer.
Thanks for this great info Southack.
Meanwhile, Iraqi civilian deaths are down too this month.
DemonRats and RINOs greatly saddened.
I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the DNC, and the Hilliary Campaign HQ, all the way down here in Texas.
What will the left do when the monthly death toll drops to single digits?
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