Pentagon reports 128 troops killed in Iraq April, bloodiest month of the war

WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 30, 2004
The Pentagon reported Friday that 128 US troops were killed in April, at least 121 of them in hostile fire, making it the bloodiest month of the war.

Deaths reported by US military spokesmen in Iraq were even higher, totalling 131 for the month. Of those, 124 were deaths in combat.

More US troops were killed in combat in April than the 109 killed in the six weeks before President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq on May 1, 2003.

The Pentagon count put the total number of troops killed in Iraq as of April 29, 2004 at 726 -- 524 of them killed in action.

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