Happy revelers at post-Saddam execution victory party in BaghdadDecember 2006 was a month for the record books, but one statistic is not likely to make the evening news:
DECEMBER 2006 ROUNDUPWith the 3000th U.S. soldier dying on New Year's Eve, more Americans have now been killed in Iraq than in the 9/11 terror attacks.
1,751 -- Iraqis killed, including Saddam Hussein (*)
117 -- U.S. troops killed
0 -- Military funerals attended by President Bush
2006 ROUNDUP
16,273 -- Iraqis killed
(Includes 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police, 627 soldiers.)
871 -- U.S. troops killed
0 -- Military funerals attended by President Bush
U.S. WAR-TO-DATE ROUNDUP
3,003 -- Total killed to date
(Following statistics are through 12/02/06)
1,766 -- Killed in action
545 -- Died of wounds
7 -- Died while missing in action
2 -- Died while captured
374 -- Died in accidents
56 -- Died from illness
12 -- Died in homicides
93 -- died of self-inflicted wounds
7 -- Undetermined
26 -- Pending classification
22,057 -- Total wounded