Fatalities of American forces were highest in the first five years of conflict as soldiers grappled with the Al Qaeda as well as civil war between those groups seeking to fill the power vacuum left by the removal of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Casualties progressively decreased from , in part due to attempts by Barack Obama who made the removal of troops from Iraq a central promise of this successful campaign to succeed George W. In , the majority of Americans considered sending troops to fight in Iraq to be a mistake.
While the number of civilian deaths in the Iraq War was much higher, the trend of numbers decreasing from onward was in line with the trend for American solider losses.
However, civilian deaths rose again from onward as Iraq returned to heavy conflict with Islamic State. The high number of American fatalities in the first five years of the Iraq War could be seen as influencing the reluctance of the United States to commit ground troop support in the battle against Islamic State when the issue was discussed in Not only is the loss of life a tragedy in itself, but the political discourse in the United States surrounding the involvement of their troops in Middle Eastern conflicts has made further involvement unattractive to elected officials.
However calls for further ground support are likely to continue as Iraq remained in the top five countries with the most terrorist attacks as of Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information?
Register for free Already a member? More information. Supplementary notes. Other statistics on the topic. Profit from additional features with an Employee Account. Please create an employee account to be able to mark statistics as favorites. In , 11 servicemembers died, but by , numbers had soared to more than deaths. The death toll peaked in at 1, And, as of May 27, there have been three deaths in Eighteen service members have died in non-combat incidents in support of overseas operations since last Memorial Day.
Images courtesy DoD and social media. None of the deaths were caused by hostile forces, and most were attributable to vehicle accidents. Marshal Roberts.
At 13 deaths, soldiers accounted for a majority of those killed overseas in the past year. Alongside the five U. Since Sept. More than 5, service members have been killed by hostile forces since Graph by Harm Venhuizen. Recent decreases in overseas deaths are in part due to force drawdowns in the Middle East. Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member?
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