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Originally Posted by lexusgs
...4000 soldiers have died but they died fighting and killing thousands of Al Qaeda...
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Actually, "Al-Qaeda in Iraq" did not exist prior to our invasion, and although that group has certainly killed US soldiers in Iraq, most of our troops have been killed by various insurgent groups from the varied factions which existed in Iraq prior to our invasion and had nothing to do with 9/11.
These include Sunni Baathists loyal to the former regime, the majority Shia faction, and splinters of both groups. The third major faction, the Kurds, have largely stayed out of the conflict due to their success at splitting off their region of the country from Iraqi rule prior to our invasion.