CNN: The U.S. military on Sunday announced its 3,000th fatality from the Iraq war.

"On Monday, the military said two soldiers were killed Sunday in an explosion in Iraq's Diyala province, north of Baghdad, bringing the death toll to 3,002."
"More than 22,000 other U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq since the war began nearly four years ago. "
"The war has also claimed the lives of about 250 allied troops, more than half of them British."
"Estimates of Iraqi dead range from about 50,000 to several hundred thousand."

Isn't the number game fun? It makes you remember the number, and the problem is that, it just remains a single large number (in your head). These numbers might portray a sad fact, but nothing compared to the sad fact that lies underneath these large numbers.
HappyNewYearYeahRight.