Another sad day

U.S. troop death toll in Iraq for October hits 100
Blasts killed at least 35 people and wounded scores in Baghdad in one of bloodiest days in the capital in weeks.

The U.S. military said a Marine was killed in combat in western Anbar province on Sunday, bringing the monthly death toll to 100 -- the fourth deadliest for U.S. troops since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

October was already the deadliest month since January 2005 when 107 U.S. troops were killed. The highest monthly toll was in November 2004 when 137 deaths were recorded.

Opinion polls show growing numbers of U.S. voters want to see the 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq starting to come home. Since the invasion which toppled Saddam Hussein, a total of 2,813 U.S. troops have been killed.

Time for this to end.

Of course, it never should have begun.

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