US troop toll nears 500 as four die (tags)
As of January 4th... the U.S. death toll in Iraq stands at 483. NOT ONE MORE DEAD! BRING THEM HOME ALIVE! Hey Mr. Bush... where are those weapons of mass destruction you launched this war over? In the photo, Penny Splinter (left) comforts her daughter, Rachel, during the funeral of her husband U.S. Army Maj. Christopher Splinter in Platteville, Wis., Friday Jan. 2, 2004. Splinter, 43, a Dodgeville native, was killed Christmas Eve by a roadside bomb near Samarra, Iraq. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)