Thursday, June 15, 2006
Iraq Deaths Reach 2,500 U.S. Military, Pentagon Says
June 15 (Bloomberg) -- The military death toll in Iraq has reached 2,500, a U.S. Defense Department spokesman said.
The number of U.S. military personnel killed in action in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion was 1,972 as of 9 a.m. today New York time, Army Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Martin said. Including members of the U.S. military who have died from other causes, such illness or accidents, the total death toll is 2,500, Martin said. [read more]
