U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,000

U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,000: "BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 -- U.S. military fatalities in Iraq reached the 2,000 mark Tuesday with the reported deaths late last week of two Marines and an Army sergeant in two roadside bombings , according to casualty data kept by the Associated Press and Reuters.

The military in Baghdad announced that two Marines died last Friday when the vehicle in which they were traveling was attacked during combat operations by a roadside bomb in Amariya, about 25 miles west of Baghdad. The victims, whose names were not released, were identified as members of the Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force."