68_day's_iraq_self_rule_after_us_led_war 3 Sep 2004 01 + 67_day's_Iraq_self_rule_after_US_led_war 040903 ... . Invasion & Occupation in Iraq from 20 Mar 2003 to "actual" and "Physical" date of Cut_and_run ( TBD ) * a_point_in_time * 040903 ... a "point U.S. Troops Death Toll Mounts as Iraq Danger Persists The average monthly U.S. military death toll has been about 55 troops in the 17-1/2 months of war. (about 2 per day) Forty-two U.S. troops died in Iraq in June. After the hand-over ("Self_rule"), 54 were killed in July and 66 in August. 040903 ... Yahoo! Search News Stories - Fire Rages Near Iraq Oil Fields - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Hopes Grow That French Hostages Will Be Freed - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Two killed, six wounded by US fire in Fallujah: medics - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Poland to withdraw its troops from more of Iraq: Defence Minister - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - 18-Year-Old Army Private Earns Silver Star - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - U.S. Troops Death Toll Mounts as Iraq Danger Persists - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Worshippers Hold Service in Kufa - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Turkish Captives In Iraq Executed, Videotape Shows - at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) (Sep 3, 2004) - Caution urged on French hostages - at BBC (Sep 3, 2004) - Iraqi president delays trip to France over hostage crisis - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Angry protestors dare Americans to fight in Fallujah - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) 040903 ... . - Hope for kidnapped French reporters, northern oil exports halted - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Iraqi Police Fire Warning Shots Near Kufa - AP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Iraq's Survival Still at Stake, Report Warns - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) - Nepal tense over hostage deaths - at BBC (Sep 3, 2004) - Iraqi police seal off holy city of Najaf and Kufa - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 3, 2004) NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Iraqi police sealed off the shrine city of Najaf and neighboring Kufa amid fears of fresh violence, 040903 ... The Graces from Heaven - Freed trio get warm Delhi welcome - at BBC (Sep 3, 2004) Joy as Indian hostages come home Celebrations awaited the hostages Three Indian truck drivers held hostage in Iraq for 42 days have arrived home to joyous receptions. "I never knew the winds of India smelt so sweet," 040903 what's it to you? who go blather from