U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,586 (AP)

A woman holds up bullet shells the morning after a U.S. military forces raid in Baghdad's Sadr City July 5, 2007. Police said one person was killed while six others were arrested after an air strike and a raid by the U.S. soldiers on Wednesday night in Sadr City.   REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)AP – As of Wednesday, July 4, 2007, at least 3,586 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,947 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.