Death toll in Iraq
The Associated Press
As of Tuesday, at least 1,925 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,496 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
The British military has reported 96 deaths; Italy, 26; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; El Salvador, Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,786 U.S. military members have died, according to AP’s count. That includes at least 1,382 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
