Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Big Shiite demonstration outside coalition headquarters, U.S. death toll stands at 276

Boston.com / Latest News / World / Big Shiite demonstration outside coalition headquarters, U.S. death toll stands at 276: "Thousands of Shiite Muslims protested peacefully Monday night outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, charging the occupation force was lax on security and did too little to stop a weekend of ethnic bloodshed in the north and the bombing at the house of an important Muslim Shiite cleric in the south.
The U.S. military reported a soldier died of a non-hostile gunshot wound, bringing the number of soldiers killed since major combat was declared over to 138. A total of 276 soldiers have died in combat or by accident since the war began March 20."

Not sure what the next milestone is. I don't think there are the ones we want to be passing.

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