Six US soldiers killed in Iraq

[leftchick]

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12504


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Meanwhile, a US soldier was killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad Monday, the US Army said in a statement Tuesday.

"A Task Force Baghdad Soldier died of wounds at approximately 7:00 pm (1600 GMT) January 24. The soldier sustained the injuries when a patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device in western Baghdad," the military said.

Another Five US soldiers died in a road accident north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement Tuesday.

"Five 1st Infantry Division Soldiers died and two were injured in a vehicle accident near Khan Bani Saad" on Monday, the statement said. One of the wounded was in serious condition.

The deaths raise the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq to 1,374 since the March 2003 invasion, 296 of them in non-combat incidents, according to the latest figures from the Pentagon.


... That is a BS number.

on edit: Here is the IC number...

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Military Fatalities: By Time Period

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
3 523 16 27 566 2.68 211
2 717 27 58 802 1.89 424
1 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 1380 76 85 1541 2.27 678

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Time Periods Defined
Latest Fatality: Jan 24, 2005


Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
1-2005 47 0 10 57 2.28 25