7 U.S. Troops Added To Rising Toll in Iraq

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Seven more American service members have been killed in Iraq, the U.S. military reported Tuesday, making December the second deadliest month of the year for troops.

With five days left in the year, 87 service members have died in December, according to a tally of figures provided by the military and press releases of combat deaths. The deadliest month this year was October, when attacks in Baghdad and the western Iraqi province of Anbar killed 105 U.S. troops.

The total number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war announced by the Pentagon is 2,961.

Military officials and analysts have attributed the rise in U.S. casualties in recent months to the larger number and greater visibility of American troops in Baghdad, plus the intensity of the Sunni insurgency in Anbar province.

"We are continuing to conduct operations. We're doing that aggressively," said Lt. Col. Christopher C. Garver, a U.S. military spokesman. "We are fighting a tough war against a tough enemy, and unfortunately we take casualties."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600059.html

[Roland99]

1. That article is behind the times. DoD confirms 2,966 and icasualties lists 2,980

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[Selatius]

2. They'll never crush the Sunnis.

You'd have to commit mass genocide against the Sunnis to break the resistance now. American troops are on their land.