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From AP

As of Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at least 2,873 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,303 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths reported by the military:
• A soldier was killed Saturday by a suicide car bomber near Fallujah.
• A Marine died Friday from combat wounds in Anbar province.

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The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that
President Bush's father fought in, World War II.

As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months.

Only the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the Civil War (four years), have engaged America longer.