More US troops have died in Iraq in 2007 than in any other since the conflict began. The 2007 casualty total hit 852 in early November, topping 2004's nearly 850 deaths. Civilian deaths dwarf that number, with estimates ranging from 700,000 to 1.2 million.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:28:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37772/7-us-soldiers-killed-in-iraq-copter-crash.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSeven US soldiers were killed in southern Iraq today when their helicopter crashed, the AP reports. "At this time we are uncertain of the cause, but hostile fire has been ruled out," a military spokesman said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight in a desert under British military control, as a four-helicopter convoy was heading from Kuwait to a military base north of Baghdad.http://www.newser.com/story/37772/7-us-soldiers-killed-in-iraq-copter-crash.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 7:32:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37670/3-soldiers-charged-in-iraqis-murder.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThree soldiers have been charged with murder for their alleged role in the killing of four Iraqis last year, the US Army said today. The Iraqi men were blindfolded, shot in the head, and dumped in a Baghdad canal around April 2007 in retribution for casualties suffered by the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, Army officials said.http://www.newser.com/story/37670/3-soldiers-charged-in-iraqis-murder.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 17 Sep 2008 10:18:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35710/suicide-bomber-kills-25-at-iraqi-banquet.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAt least 25 people were killed in Abu Ghraib yesterday when a suicide bomber attacked a banquet where relatives were celebrating the release of a sheikh's son from US detention. Women, children and men from a US-supported neighborhood patrol were believed to be among the victims."The smoke was everywhere mixed with blood. I went unconscious after that," said a guest. US helicopters were flown in to evacuate some 32 wounded.http://www.newser.com/story/35710/suicide-bomber-kills-25-at-iraqi-banquet.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 3:10:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34035/bus-bomb-kills-12-in-baghdad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBombs ripped through a minibus this morning in Baghdad, reports CNN, killing 12 and injuring 22 after a string of similar bombings in the region. Two more roadside bombs injured nine near a hospital and two near a convoy of SUVs. Elsewhere, a soldier was killed in an unrelated accident, marking August's first US casualty.http://www.newser.com/story/34035/bus-bomb-kills-12-in-baghdad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 03 Aug 2008 8:51:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33879/us-death-toll-in-iraq-plummets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe monthly US toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with 10 American deaths recorded as July drew to a close today. Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers in the sixth year of the war. July saw the lowest civilian toll since December 2005, the AP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/33879/us-death-toll-in-iraq-plummets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 31 Jul 2008 16:38:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33412/military-blocks-iraq-casualty-photos.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOver 4,000 US troops have died in Iraq but only a handful of photographs of dead Americans have reached the media, the New York Times reports. Military regulations do not forbid taking photographs of casualties, but access to death sites is often denied. Photographers who do publish grim images often find their access to military units swiftly terminated.http://www.newser.com/story/33412/military-blocks-iraq-casualty-photos.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Jul 2008 22:26:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31422/us-deaths-in-afghanistan-hit-record.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMore troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The greater death toll in Afghanistan comes despite a significantly increased NATO military presence there, reports the New York Times .http://www.newser.com/story/31422/us-deaths-in-afghanistan-hit-record.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 02 Jul 2008 8:00:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30780/sadr-city-bomb-kills-4-americans.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo US troops and two US government employees were killed today during a suicide bombing at a local council building in Baghdad's Sadr City, the LA Times reports. The blast, the second this week that targeted Americans meeting with local officials, also claimed the lives of two Iraqis and wounded several others. Yesterday a gunman killed two US soldiers as they left a municipal building about 15 miles from the capital.http://www.newser.com/story/30780/sadr-city-bomb-kills-4-americans.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 24 Jun 2008 7:28:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29025/hero-soldiers-parents-accept-medal-of-honor.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRoss McGinnis, a 19-year-old private who sacrificed his life in Iraq, was awarded the Medal of Honor today in a White House ceremony. Rather than fleeing a grenade an insurgent threw at his Humvee, McGinnis dived on it, saving four other soldiers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. His son "had no thought of medals," McGinnis' father, Tom, told the Army Times.http://www.newser.com/story/29025/hero-soldiers-parents-accept-medal-of-honor.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 02 Jun 2008 13:06:42 CDT