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Us troops death toll landmark figure { October 29 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1073491,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1073491,00.html US troops' death toll hits landmark figure Sarah Left and agencies Wednesday October 29, 2003 The number of US troops killed by hostile forces during the occupation of Iraq exceeded those killed during the war itself when two US soldiers died in an attack north of Baghdad last night. The two soldiers were killed and another wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb about 75 miles north of Baghdad, the US military said today. Their deaths brought to 116 the number of US troops killed in hostile action since the US president, George Bush, declared major combat operations over on May 1. The US has said 115 troops died in combat during the six-week war that began on March 20. The point at which all deaths of US military personnel, regardless of cause, equalled deaths during the conflict was reached on August 26. At that point, 138 people had died in Iraq through hostilities, vehicle accidents, illness and other causes in the post-May 1 occupation, the same number as died in the war. Up to 15,000 Iraqis - 4,300 of them civilians - died during just the first four weeks of the war, according to a study released yesterday by an independent US thinktank, Project on Defence Alternatives. Iraq Body Count, a volunteer group of British and US academics and researchers, has estimated that between 5,000 and 7,000 civilians died in the conflict. A series of deadly attacks on the Red Cross and police stations in Baghdad on Monday prompted Mr Bush to hold a news conference defending the continued presence of US troops in Iraq. He faces a re-election contest in just over a year, with voters worried about mounting death tolls from a conflict that supposedly ended seven months ago. He blamed the attacks both on Baathists from Saddam Hussein's ousted regime and on foreign terrorists. "I say today again that they're not going to intimidate America. And they're not going to intimidate the brave Iraqis who are actively participating in securing the freedom of their country," he told reporters gathered at the White House.

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