1.   Americans can be thankful that military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaida have produced few American fatalities.

2.   Mercifully, there have been no American combat fatalities.

3.   The five Kilic family members were the only confirmed American fatalities so far.

4.   The news of the first American fatality in Bosnia left many soldiers in Tuzla concerned.

5.   There were no American combat fatalities.

6.   Contrary to the expectations of many, there have been only a handful of occasions in which American fatalities were even remotely possible.

7.   That assessment may have changed somewhat on Thursday with the first American combat fatality.

8.   The eighth American fatality died in ground fighting.

9.   The sailor was the seventh American fatality since U.S. troops were deployed with the NATO-led peace force.

10.   The U.S. Embassy said it had not heard of an American fatality.