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depressing news in a week way too full of bad news.
U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war rose in August to the highest monthly total since January, and American officials predict escalating insurgent violence ahead of a planned October constitutional referendum.
At least 84 U.S. troops were killed in August, according to a count of deaths announced by the military. Since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, there have been 1,879 American military deaths in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, with another 14,265 troops wounded.
The August toll, which followed two months of declining U.S. military deaths, comes at a time when opinion polls show a slight majority of Americans believe the war was not worth fighting.