Politics

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Hits 900

WASHINGTON -- American soldiers in Iraq have been dying at a rate of two a day since Iraqis regained political control on June 28 — a drop from the deadliest months of violence before the handover but still about the same rate overall as in the 16 months since the U.S. invasion. The U.S. military death toll now has reached 900, and the number of American soldiers injured is approaching 6,000. As for the war wounded, the Pentagon this week put the figure at 5,804, an increase of more than 400 since its previous total was published June 29. Two soldiers died this month at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of wounds sustained earlier. Posted by Editor at July 22, 2004 05:36 AM