Unwanted Barrier Met

The US troops killed in Iraq met 1,000 today during a patrol in Baghdad. The number came after a quick revision of the casualty count to 999 earlier in the day. The number had risen sharply over the past month due to the Falluja assault.

Overall the total US casualty number for Iraq is 1,275. The additional 275 is made up of other US service personnel who were launched with the invasion on March 20th, 2003.

The total number of US wounded troops now stands at 9,765 while the total Iraqi Civilians dead is at least 14,000 and as many as tens of thousands. The total Iraqi military dead now is estimated around 5,000.