Good Morning.
Today is our 2,295th day in Iraq.
We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of Antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4319
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4180
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3858
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3460
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 91
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 715
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 486
Journalists - Iraq: 138
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,306
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 873, 889, 350, 000 .00 Well, is today the day? US forces have pulled out of major Iraq cities and have turned over security to native forces. This has been a long time coming, and the US and Iraqi armies have spent many long months in training and preparations for this day.
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