The Count
As of Tuesday, day 2,404 of the war in Iraq…
By Jake Armstrong 10/21/2009
4,355
American military service members — 4 more than last week — have died since the war began in 2003, according to the US Defense Department. A total of 13,873 have suffered injuries serious enough to keep them from returning to duty.
2
weeks before 6 US soldiers were shot and killed at a counseling center in Iraq in May, Sgt. John M. Russell, who is accused in their deaths, showed signs of unraveling under the stress of multiple deployments, according to an Associated Press review of a 325-page report the military released Friday.
$15
billion is how much a British Petroleum-led consortium plans to invest in a giant oil-field development contract in Iraq, under laws the Iraqi Parliament enacted this month to make it easier for foreign firms to secure contracts in the war-torn country.
3,500
members of an Army brigade will not deploy to Iraq in January, speeding up plans to withdraw 120,000 US troops by 2011, Reuters reported.
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