While the media is salivating over the impending death of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. death toll continues to mount. December is already tied with October as the deadliest month for US troops this year. 106 Americans have been killed this month according to CNN. That, of course, doesn't negate the deaths that happened in those non-record breaking months.
AP reports that it has been a bad month for Iraqis too:
Already, December was shaping up to be one of the worst months for Iraqi civilian deaths since The Associated Press began keeping track in May 2005.
Through Thursday, at least 2,139 Iraqis have been killed in war-related or sectarian violence, an average rate of about 76 people a day, according to an AP count. That compares to November - the worst month for Iraqi civilian deaths since May 2005 - when at least 2,184 were killed at an average of about 70 a day. In October, AP counted at least 1,216 civilians killed.
