US records lowest monthly death toll in Iraq

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BAGHDAD (AFP) — Nineteen US soldiers were killed in Iraq in May, the lowest monthly toll since the US-led invasion of 2003, figures maintained by the independent icasualties.org showed Sunday.

The month which saw the highest US losses was November 2004, when 137 American troops were killed, according to the website. The previous low was in February 2004 when 20 soldiers were killed.

There was no immediate word from the US military in Baghdad.

Since the invasion, a total of 4,084 US troops have been killed in Iraq. The US military said last week that the overall level of violence across Iraq had hit a four-year low.

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