U.S. toll passes 1,000 as forces battle al-Sadr
As U.S. forces again battled insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign passed 1,000 on Tuesday, according to an Associated Press tally.
The grim milestone was surpassed after a spike in fighting that has killed 14 U.S. service members in the past two days.
Two soldiers died in fighting Tuesday with militiamen loyal to al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City in clashes that killed at least 36 people and wounded 203 others, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said.
Tuesday, September 7
1,000
One thousand soldiers. Not one goddamned WMD.
