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U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 4,000
24-Mar-2008
Written by: Sam Belkin
Sometimes news that has nothing to do with entertainment is too relevant to be ignored in any news category.
Almost exactly five years ago, in 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush initiated what some call the “Second Gulf War” by invading the country of Iraq. His rationale for doing so was that Iraq was actively developing weapons of mass destruction in violation of a 1991 agreement, which turned out to be innacurate. Some U.S. officials claimed Saddam Hussein was in cahoots with terrorist group Al-Qaeda, but these claims similarly had no evidential support.
With a quick defeat of the Iraqi military and the flight and eventual execution of Hussein, the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq turned only more violent, with insurgency against the U.S. and internal civil war raging.
The financial cost of the war to the U.S. has been more than $845 billion, and the total cost to the U.S. economy estimated at $3-5 trillion.
Now, CNN reports, the U.S. death toll in Iraq has reached and will likely exceed 4,000. As of Sunday night, a roadside bombing in Baghdad killed 4 more U.S. soldiers, bringing the American toll in the five-year-old war to 4,000.
This report comes less than a week after the war’s fifth anniversary.
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