Posted on 07/31/2007 10:13:54 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The U.S. military said Tuesday that a Marine was killed in fighting west of the capital, pushing the American death toll for July to at least 73, the lowest in eight months.
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The attack raised to at least 73 the number of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq in July, the lowest number since November 2006, when at least 70 U.S. deaths were reported. The monthly toll topped 100 in April, May and June.
In all, at least 3,652 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.
The No. 2 commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, expressed cautious optimism last week about the downturn. He said casualties had increased as U.S. forces expanded operations into militant strongholds as part of a five-month-old security crackdown aimed at clamping off violence in Baghdad, but were going down as Americans gained control of the areas.
"It's an initial positive sign, but I would argue we need a bit more time to make an assessment whether it's a true trend," he said then.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Pelosi and Reid deeply saddened
The surge is working.
I’m sure the MSM won’t even report this...or it will be buried...after news of Brittany/Kevin’s finalized divorce maybe.
And of those now 74, 62 were KIAs and 12 died from non-hostile causes, e.g., accidents.
Beat me to it!!!
Surge is working.
Thank God for President Bush's dedication. We would have lost many more in this war were it not for his strong leadership.
The surge is working. We are and have been winning for some time in Iraq.
Uh oh - Nancy Pelosi was just spotted at the D.C. Walgreens buying single edge razor blades. This can’t be good.
I wonder if any of the dems even think for two seconds...
What if our troops succeed?
What will we say? what will we do?
HOw do we spin it?
Only our radical betrayal of the troops helped them succeed!
LOL
Aye. And 108 people were shot dead in peaceful Brazil this month (e.g. Rio et al). Now there's a perspective you won't see in the MSM.
Or that 46 people A DAY are murdered in the US.
or that about 3200 a year die in recreational accidental drownings.
"The U.S. military said Tuesday that a Marine was killed in fighting west of the capital, pushing the American death toll for July to at least 73, the lowest in eight months.
The attack raised to at least 73 the number of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq in July, the lowest number since November 2006, when at least 70 U.S. deaths were reported. The monthly toll topped 100 in April, May and June.
In all, at least 3,652 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.
Liberals and DemocRATS hurt the most!
That's not necessarily a bad thing!
Actually, I think, while poor wording, that it's fair to say, seeing as the month is not over.
“At least” could be used because July is not over yet. In fact, one more death has raised the July total to 74.
THEY HAVE!!! We need to get the Iraqi troops to step up to the plate and take over.
Pretty amazing considering the increase in troop level and expanded operations.
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