Vampiel
January 1st, 2010, 03:07 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.us.deaths/index.html
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.
There were three noncombat fatalities.
"That is a very significant milestone for us as we continue to move forward, and I think that also speaks to the level of violence and how it has decreased over time," said Army Gen. Ray Odierno (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Raymond_Odierno), the top U.S. commander in Iraq.
The last U.S. combat death in Iraq reported by CNN occurred November 22, when Sgt. Briand T. Williams, 25, of Sparks, Georgia, died in Numaniyah after insurgents (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Insurgencies) attacked his Army (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Armed_Forces) unit.
Great way to ring in the new years.
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.
There were three noncombat fatalities.
"That is a very significant milestone for us as we continue to move forward, and I think that also speaks to the level of violence and how it has decreased over time," said Army Gen. Ray Odierno (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Raymond_Odierno), the top U.S. commander in Iraq.
The last U.S. combat death in Iraq reported by CNN occurred November 22, when Sgt. Briand T. Williams, 25, of Sparks, Georgia, died in Numaniyah after insurgents (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Insurgencies) attacked his Army (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Armed_Forces) unit.
Great way to ring in the new years.