December became the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq in two years after the U.S. military reported five more combat deaths, leaving the tally just three short of the emotive 3,000 mark. Three U.S. marines died on Thursday from wounds suffered in combat in Iraq’s western Anbar province. One soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad and another soldier was killed in Anbar on Friday, the military said on Saturday. Full Story