Iraq the human toll

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As the Iraq war ends its fifth year, a dominant legacy of the conflict has turned out to be the human toll on those who have fought it. The nature and sheer extent of American casualties — officially in the tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands have sought medical help — has caught the U.S. government off guard. From wounded soldiers who faced dilapidated conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to troops whose mental problems have been overlooked, Iraq veterans have paid the price.