A Grim Milestone: 3,500

What an incredible sacrifice for the egos of greedy, powerful men who never served a day in any uniform.

U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500 - Yahoo! News:

BAGHDAD - The four-year U.S. military death toll in
Iraq passed 3,500 after a soldier was reported killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad. A British soldier was also shot to death Thursday in southern Iraq, as Western forces find themselves increasingly vulnerable under a new strategy to take the fight to the enemy."