US military deaths in Iraq at 3,942 (AP)

US soldiers secure an area as they patrol a Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad, on January 18.  The US command in Iraq appears leaning toward freezing further troop reductions this summer as security gains in the country remain fragile, despite the deep unpopularity of the five-year-old war.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - As of Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at least 3,942 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,204 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

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