WARUPDATE

Afghanistan
-July deemed the deadliest month of war in Afghanistan for US
-Number of US service members killed last month: 66
-Number of US soldiers sent to Afghanistan last December to combat escalating Taliban threat: about 30,000
-Number of US soldiers currently stationed in Afghanistan: 94,000
-Number of US soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 1,215

Iraq
-Double roadside bombing attack in Baghdad marks deadliest month for Iraqi civilians in two years
-Number of people killed in double bombing: 4
-Number of people wounded: 11
-Number of Iraqi civilians killed in July: 396
-Estimated civilian death toll in Iraq since from beginning of war to June 30: between 97,143 and 105, 994

8212;Compiled by Opinion Editor Tom Hammel