As of today, the total number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, deployed there on the orders of George W. Bush to disarm Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction, stands at 3,699.
The number of Iraqis killed and wounded as a result of the U.S. invasion -- hundreds of thousands.
Link: At Least 175 Killed in Iraq Bombings | Radio New Zealand
At least 175 people were killed when three suicide bombers driving fuel tankers attacked a town in northern Iraq on Tuesday.
Iraqi army Captain Mohammad al-Jaad said at least another 200 people were wounded in the bombings in separate Yazidi neighbourhoods in the town of Kahtaniya, west of Mosul.
Three bombers driving separate tankers detonated their vehicles in quick succession.
Yazidis are members of a pre-Islamic Kurdish sect and live in northern Iraq and Syria.Yazidis in Iraq say they have faced discrimination because the chief angel they venerate as a manifestation of God is often identified as the fallen angel Satan in biblical terminology. ...
Link: 9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq | Washington Post
Nine Americans died in three separate incidents in Iraq, including the crash of twin-rotor Chinook helicopter, the military announced Tuesday.
The Chinook went down in Anbar province Tuesday during a "routine post-maintenance check flight," killing five service members, the military said. The cause of the crash, which the military said occurred in the vicinity of Taqaddum Air Base, is under investigation.
Three soldiers were killed Monday by a roadside bomb in Nineveh province in the northwestern part of the country, officials said, while one was killed in combat in western Baghdad.
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