3,300 Flags to Honor Those Killed in Iraq
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Members of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake, 369 S. 1300 East, will gather today at 10 a.m. -- rain or shine -- to place 3,300 small flags on the church's front lawn to honor servicemen and servicewomen killed in Iraq.  The community is invited to participate.
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As of Wednesday, July 4, 2007, at least 3,586 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,947 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The U.S. military reported three more deaths in Iraq on Thursday, taking the death toll to 122 for May, the worst month for U.S. forces in more than two years.
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The U.S. military reported three more deaths in Iraq on Thursday, taking the death toll to 122 for May, already the worst month for U.S. forces there in more than two years.
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A new version of the Iraqi flag - purged of references to former leader Saddam Hussein - is hoisted over the capital.
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Kurdistan president Massoud Barzani has ordered the Iraqi national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one in his northern autonomous region in what appeared to be another move toward more self-rule in the north, local officials said Friday.
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As of Friday, June 8, 2007, at least 3,501 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,864 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair pays tribute to the three British soldiers killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.
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As of Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2007, at least 3,904 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,178 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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As of Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, at least 3,901 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,175 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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As of Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at least 3,943 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,209 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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10 September 2004 -- United States military forces have been carrying out operations targeting insurgents in three Iraqi cities. The US military said yesterday that 57 insurgents had been killed in US attacks
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As of Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at least 3,735 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,058 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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HUNDREDS of people came together on Sunday to lay wreaths and salute those who lost their lives during the two world wars and other conflicts.
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Veterans and active soldiers unfurled a 90-by-100-foot U.S. flag as the nation's top commander in the Middle East spoke to a Memorial Day crowd gathered in Central Park on Monday.
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Three people were killed and around 50 others wounded in Baghdad on Saturday when soccer- loving Iraqis fired weapons into the air to celebrate their team's quarter-final victory over Vietnam in the Asian Cup.
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ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. - Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.