CNN - MSNBC FIRST TO REPORT 4,000 DEATHS MILESTONE IN IRAQ

MSNBC became the first media outlet Sunday to report the milestone of 4,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq since the invasion and occupation of the country in 2003. "Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb blast in southern Baghdad late Sunday, raising the death toll for American forces since start of the war to 4,000, according to the Pentagon." Hours later, CNN indicated that the report was not entirely accurate and that the figure represented the number of coalition members who had lost their lives in Iraq -- and that U.S. military service members accounted for 3,705 of that total, including seven civilian Pentagon workers. Forty-six U.S. troops and 168 British troops have died in Iraq this month in a surprising rise in insurgent activity.

24/03/2008