October’s U.S. Iraq Deaths at a Very High Level
At least 53 American troops have been killed so far this month, an extraordinarily high midmonth tally. October is on track to be the third deadliest month of the entire war for American forces.At least 53 American troops have died so far this month, an extraordinarily high midmonth tally. October is on track to be the third deadliest month of the entire war for American forces.
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Two marines were killed by insurgents in Anbar Province on Sunday, the American military command said, and three American soldiers died a day earlier in a bombing in southern Baghdad, bringing the total number of American troop deaths in Iraq this month to at least 53, an extraordinarily high midmonth tally.
At the current rate of American deaths — more than 3.5 a day — October is on track to be the third deadliest month of the entire Iraq war for American forces, according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, an independent Web site that tracks war-related casualties.
In a series of attacks on Sunday against Iraqi civilian and government targets in the northern city of Kirkuk, seven bombs, including three suicide car bombs, exploded within a few hours of each other, killing at least 17 people and wounding at least 73, according to police officials.
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