@92b16vx,
Add about 1000 civilian contractor deaths to that toll fed Up .
According to recent commentaries on c-span most of them being paid mercenaries attached to companies like black water.
Per their government contract they are not allowed to release any information about deaths among their employees.
But reporters are tracking the employees and death notices in the papers here in the US and say at least a 1000 paid mercenaries have died.
Can't feel too sorry for these guys though. They like war and took the job.
Its the US soldiers and their families I sympathize with.
Mercenaries will never get my sympathy. Because he who lives by the sword will die by the sword and these guys loved their swords.