Death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq rising (AP)

[Eugene]

Death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq rising

By Robert Burns, AP Military Writer | February 7, 2007

WASHINGTON --More American troops were killed in combat in Iraq over the past four
months -- at least 334 through Jan. 31 -- than in any comparable stretch since the
war began, according to an Associated Press analysis of casualty records.

Not since the bloody battle for Fallujah in 2004 has the death toll spiked so high.

The reason is that U.S. soldiers and Marines are fighting more battles in the streets
of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and other cities. And while hostile forces are using a
variety of weaponry, the top killer is the roadside bomb.

In some respects it is the urban warfare that U.S. commanders thought they had
managed to largely avoid after U.S. troops entered Baghdad in early April 2003 and
quickly toppled the Saddam Hussein regime.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/02/07/death_toll_of_us_troops_in_iraq_rising

[Echotrail]

1. What a surprise!!

:sarcasm:

[GDAEx2]

2. DUH!