Coalition death toll in Iraq hits 4,000« Thread Started on Aug 17, 2007, 9:42am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coalition death toll in Iraq hits 4,000read at source> http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast ... tmlBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The number of coalition military deaths in the war in Iraq has reached 4,000. Sara Salazar kisses the grave marker of a grandson, Army Pfc. Bruce Salazar, in Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Thursday.more photos » The gloomy milestone was reached as a U.S. general said there has been a rise in insurgents booby-trapping houses.Most of the fatalities throughout the Iraq war -- almost 3,704 -- have been U.S. military service members. That number also includes seven civilians working for the Pentagon.