Over 4000 American soldiers died in Iraq

Sunday evening , four U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in Iraq, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to the grim milestone of 4,000 deaths.

The soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device while patrolling a neighborhood in southern Baghdad, and a fifth soldier was wounded in the attack.

This bad news comes just days after Americans marked the fifth anniversary of the start of the war. So we can't help wonder: is it really worth it?

"No casualty is more or less significant than another; each soldier, Marine, airman and sailor is equally precious and their loss equally tragic," Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, the U.S. military's chief spokesman in Iraq, said.

"Every single loss of a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine is keenly felt by military commanders, families and friends both in theatre and at home," Smith said.

Statistics tell us that of the 4,000 U.S. military personnel killed in the war, 3,263 have been killed in attacks and fighting and 737 in non-hostile incidents, such as traffic accidents and suicides. Eight of the 4,000 killed were civilians working for the Pentagon.

Source : cnn.com