As of Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at least 4,217 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,398 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is three higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
The British military has reported 178 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
America went into to Iraq seeking weapons of mass destruction.They could not find any.But they have achieved one thing.Mass destruction.There seems to be no end in sight to the sufferings of innocent Iraqi civilians.The unwanted Iraq war has given new recruitment grounds and causes to international terrorists.
The irony is that the real war on terrorism,that's in Afganistan got distracted.Now taliban and al-queda are regaining lost ground in Afganistan with the active help of pakistan.
Iraqi people might have celebrated the fall of Saddam Hussein.But their sufferings have continued.Even yesterday(27.12.2008),in bomb blasts many civilians died.When these things are considered,it's understandable the frustration that might have lead to the throwing of shoes at American President George Bush by the Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi.
Also the high American military death rate is an indicator that the Americans were either very over confident or they underestimated the strength of the resistance to their war.Their plans were flawed,execution was flawed.
The death of so many Americans might have 'shocked and awed' America..
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