The sacrifices paid in Iraq

The death of the 4,000th American soldier in Iraq is one of those "tragic milestones" that should remind everyone that our troops have borne "an extraordinarily unfair share of the burden of this war," said USA Today. Our soldiers' sac

What happened

The U.S. military’s death toll in Iraq reached 4,000 after four American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Sunday. U.S. casualties mounted last year after the Pentagon sent an addional 30,000 troops, but the “surge” helped reduce overall violence. (AP in Time.com)

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