US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,189 (AP)

US soldiers salute during a ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul in September. Crowned with success in Iraq, General David Petraeus, who takes command Friday of US military forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, inherits the next big challenge: devising a winning strategy in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - As of Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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