BAGHDAD — U.S. military deaths in Iraq plunged by two-thirds in 2008 from the previous year, a reflection of the improving security following the U.S. military's counterinsurgency campaign and ...

"But there are still people in Iraq that could string together a week of really bad days." While that might not mean a return to the bloodiest moments of the Iraq war, Carafano said it could seriously ...

The combined total of at least 465 U.S. deaths in both Iraq and Afghanistan for 2008 is the lowest combined total for both wars since 2003, when the U.S. invaded Iraq. Many critics have said the U.S.