Over 2000 US soldiers - and 199 other soldiers from it´s vassal states - have now died in Iraq. Also almost 300 non-Iraqi "contractors" working for the occupiers have died in the war - many of them former US, British etc soldiers turned mercenaries who have died doing duties normally reserved for army soldiers.

Some articles on the subject:

Death toll an awkward yardstick on Iraq
US media react to Iraq toll
2000 Too Many
US death toll hits 2,000—grim milestone in a criminal war
Casualties of a war a world away

But these are people who chose to go to war. They could have - at worst scenario - chosen prison instead. These people, on the other hand, had no choice.