Marines Had More Deaths Than Army in Aug.
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The Marines suffered more deaths in Iraq last month than the Army, even though the Army had at least three times as many troops there, Pentagon casualty records show.
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As of Wednesday, Aug. 18, 946 US service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 705 died as a result of hostile action and 241 died of non-hostile causes.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Seven US Marines were killed in Iraqâs Anbar province, the military said today. The military said the seven died while conducting âsecurity and stabilization operationsâ in Anbar, a
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Two deaths have been attributed to a rare type of pneumonia that is occurring among US troops in Iraq at a higher than normal rate, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA.
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The Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed in action in two separate operations, the US military said in a statement which gave no further details.
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Two Marines with ties to the Washington region were killed last week in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
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Iraqi officials say 1,500 people died in attacks in Baghdad in August, a figure far higher than previously reported.
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More than 8,000 others were wounded in the last two years, an American general said.
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Two Marines were killed early Monday in Fallujah, the US military said, making them the first casualties in the American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-held city.
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BAGHDAD -- The US military announced the deaths of nine soldiers and two Marines yesterday in what has been a deadly period for American forces in Iraq.
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Four US Marines were killed in three separate incidents west of Baghdad, the US military said. The four were assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and were killed Friday while conducting security operations in Anbar province, the military said.
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Iraqi casualties soared by more than 50 percent during the roughly three-month period ending in early August, the report said.
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The report brought the total number of American troops killed on Monday to at least eight.
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BAGHDAD -- Four US Marines died when a Sea Knight helicopter plunged into a lake in volatile Anbar Province, the military said yesterday, raising to 13 the number of American troops killed during a bloody weekend in Iraq.
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The deaths followed the killing of eight Marines over the weekend in the restive western Al-Anbar province. Seven people died in a Baghdad suicide attack on Monday and 19 more were wounded, many seriously, when
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Eight local marines are dead, in the latest surge of violence in Iraq&#39;s Al-anbar province. The marines with the First Marine Expeditionary Force died Sunday, making it the deadliest day in more than a month for US Marines in Iraq.
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The U.S. Marine Corps said on  Thursday it will again disclose the deaths of Marines as they  occur in Iraq, reversing a policy that has made it difficult to  track American casualties and the lethality of the insurgency.