Us Press On 3000 Us Troops Killed In

Juan Cole 01/01/2007

US Press on 3,000 US troops Killed in Iraq

Allen Breed of AP writes poignantly about , the section at Arlington cemetery that contains the remains of some of the 3,000 GIs killed in combat in Iraq.

Editor and Publisher breaks down the deaths of US troops in Iraq by category.

Nadia Malik of the Chicago Daily Herald reports on what it is like for US troops to be hit by an improvised explosive device or roadside bomb.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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