The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq has reached 2,500, the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday, more than three years after the invasion. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,971 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
In Washington, the Pentagon also said 18,490 U.S. troops had been injured in the war, which started in March 2003, in order to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed.
