U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Friday, April 15, 2011, at least 4,447 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to iCasualties.org.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 32,049 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Feb. 28, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identifications:

Army Sgt. Vorasack T. Xaysana, 30, Westminster, Colo., died April 10, 2011 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained April 9 in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Friday, April 15, 2011, at least 1,533 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan as a result of the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to iCasualties.org.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 10,468 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Feb. 28, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

Latest identifications:

Army Spc. Keith T. Buzinski, 26, Daytona Beach, Fla., died April 7, 2011 in Logar province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

Army Pvt. Brandon T. Pickering, 21, Fort Thomas, Ky., died April 10, 2011 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 8. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

Army Sgt. Jose M. Caraballo Pietri, 32, Yauco, Puerto Rico, died April 10, 2011 in Badghis province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Baumholder, Germany.

Army National Guard Spc. Brent M. Maher, 31, Council Bluffs, Iowa, died April 11, 2011 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked the vehicle in which he was a gunner with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Iowa National Guard, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Army National Guard Spc. Donald L. Nichols, 21, Shell Rock, Iowa, died April 13, 2011 in Laghman province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard, Waterloo, Iowa.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — April 15, 2010

McCain: ‘Pull Trigger’ on Iran

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Iran nuclear chief: ‘Please, don’t test Iran’ (NBC, April 15, 2010) — Ali Akbar Salehi, Ph.D., the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, addresses Iran’s nuclear rights and the country’s refusal to recognize U.N. nuclear regulations. Iran has produced five kilograms of 20 percent-enriched uranium in defiance of world powers who want Tehran to end nuclear work. NBC’s Ali Arouzi reports. (10:31).

One year ago today, I reported that Sen. John McCain said the United States had been backing away from a brewing fight with Iran, even as that country moved ever closer to having nuclear weapons.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — April 15, 2009

Bloodstained U.S.-Mexico Border

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Two years ago today, on April 15, 2009, I reported that drug cartel gun battles that leave dead bodies yards from American soil have turned Mexico’s bloodstained northern border into a major foreign policy challenge for President Barack Obama.