2007 Toll Nears Highest for US in Iraq

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2007 Toll Nears Highest for US in Iraq
2007 on Track to Be Deadliest of the War for US, Despite Recent Drops in Deaths

A relative stands over a body of a killed child in a hospital morgue in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. At least 12 people were killed or found dead Sunday in the troubled Diyala province northeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo)
The Associated Press



By LAUREN FRAYER Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD Nov 4, 2007 (AP)


With just under two months left in the year, 2007 is on course to be the deadliest year on record for American forces in Iraq, despite a recent sharp drop in U.S. deaths.

At least 847 American military personnel have died in Iraq so far this year the second-highest annual toll since the war began in March 2003, according to Associated Press figures.

In 2004, the bloodiest year of the war for the U.S. so far, 850 American troops died. Most were killed in large, conventional battles like the campaign to cleanse Fallujah of Sunni militants in November, and U.S. clashes with Shiite militiamen in the sect's holy city of Najaf in August.

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I don't want to hear any more excuses. It's awful that 2007 - with a Dem Congress - is going to be the worst year yet for troop deaths.

I fear we will be sitting here at election time in 2008 pissing and moaning about the war still going full tilt, and dealing with the aftermath of an attack on Iran, too.

Meanwhile, the Repukes will keep the Dems busy apologizing. I'm sick of it. I understand the problems, but I'm still sick of it, and the excuses.