Gulf of Tonkin. Iraq's purchase of uranium from Niger. 1-year tours of duty. Light at the end of the tunnel. Love it or leave it. Does anyone else have a feeling of déjà vu all over again? Now, the all-VOLUNTEER Third Infantry Division wants to be rotated out. The new U. S. commander in the Middle East—General John P. Abizaid—has ventured that one-year tours may be necessary in the occupation of Iraq. William Westmoreland? I am growing more frightened with each passing day.
A Look at U.S. Daily Casualties in Iraq
Wed Jul 16, 6:59 PM ET
By The Associated Press
As of Wednesday, July 16, 227 U.S. soldiers have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites), according to the Defense Department. The British government has reported 42 casualties.
On or since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 85 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the Pentagon (news - web sites).
Here is information from the U.S. military on the latest U.S. casualties.
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—One American soldier was killed Wednesday in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a supply convoy west of Baghdad near the Abu Ghraib prison.
—A U.S. Marine died in the southern city of Hillah on Wednesday when he fell from the roof of a building he was guarding.
Neither American was identified pending notification of kin.
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