Nearly 1,000 US Troops Killed Since Last Memorial Day

Associated Press May 26, 2007 06:47 PM
In the period from Memorial Day 2006 through Saturday, 980 soldiers and Marines died in Iraq, compared to 807 deaths in the previous year. And with the Baghdad security operation now 3 1/2 months old, evenPresident Bush has predicted a difficult summer for U.S. forces.
"It could be a bloody -- it could be a very difficult August," he said last week.

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