Over four years after Mr. Bush announced "mission accomplished" and the end of major hostilities. And those mythical weapons of mass destruction were never found:

2007 becomes deadliest yet for U.S. in Iraq
Military announces deaths of five U.S. soldiers, raising year’s total to 852

BAGHDAD - Five more U.S. troops were killed in Iraq, the military said Tuesday — making 2007 the deadliest year for American forces in Iraq, according to an Associated Press count.

At least 852 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq so far this year — the highest annual toll since the war began in March 2003, according to AP figures. Some 850 troops died in 2004.

The grim milestone passed despite a sharp drop in U.S. and Iraqi deaths here in recent months, after a 30,000-strong U.S. force buildup.

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