March 23, 2003: On the third day of the war, 28 US soldiers are killed, mostly in fierce fighting in southern Iraq.
Nov. 2: Chinook helicopter is shot down near Falluja. Sixteen US troops killed and 21 others on board hurt.
Nov. 15: Two Black Hawk helicopters collide under fire in Mosul, killing 17 soldiers.
Dec. 21, 2004: Suicide bomber in Iraqi uniform walks into mess tent at Mosul and kills 21 people, 18 of them Americans, including 14 US troops.
Jan. 26, 2005: US Marine transport helicopter ferrying troops comes down in western desert, killing 31 aboard. Six more are killed in insurgent attacks.
Aug. 3: Fourteen Marines are killed in a roadside bomb blast on an amphibious assault vehicle near Haditha, northwest of Baghdad. A civilian interpreter is also killed.
Dec. 1: Ten US Marines are killed near Falluja in an insurgent bombing. Another is killed in Ramadi.
Jan. 5, 2006: Eleven US soldiers are killed in separate incidents, the worst of which is the deaths of five in Baghdad when a roadside bomb hits their patrol.
Jan. 7: Eighteen US soldiers are killed, 12 of whom die when a Blackhawk helicopter comes down near the town of Tal Afar near Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad.
Aug. 27: Twelve US soldiers are killed in total, mostly in Baghdad.
Jan. 20, 2007: A US military helicopter goes down northeast of Baghdad, killing 12 people aboard. More soldiers are killed in clashes and roadside bombs. Twenty-five are killed in total.
Feb. 7: All seven crew members and passengers aboard a US Marine transport helicopter are killed when their aircraft crashes in Anbar province. Another four die in other incidents.
Aug 22: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with four crew and 10 passengers crashes in northern Iraq. All aboard are killed.
Source: China Daily/Agencies
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