The Cost

A deadly week for U.S. forces in Iraq

Associated Press

A look at 16 deaths of American troops reported by the U.S. military in the past week in Iraq:

_ Tuesday: The U.S. military recovers the brutalized bodies of two missing soldiers not far from where they were kidnapped four days earlier in the volatile Sunni triangle south of Baghdad. Four Marines are killed in separate attacks in Anbar province west of the capital.

_ Wednesday: A soldier dies south of the capital, and another Marine is killed in Anbar province.

_ Thursday: A Marine is killed in Anbar province and a soldier dies elsewhere in a non-combat incident.

_ Friday: Three soldiers of the Multi-National Division in Baghdad are killed by roadside bombs in separate attacks. Another soldier from the same division dies in a non-combat incident.

_ Saturday: A bomb kills two U.S. soldiers on a foot patrol south of Baghdad.>/blockquote>

The charts and graphs are on the link.

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