"Hush, hush on coalition deaths"

When U.S. forces first rolled into the outskirts of Baghdad on April 6th, the number of coalition fatalities stood at 126 -- 96 U.S. and 30 British. In the month following the "liberation" of Baghdad, the eradication of Saddam's Baath party, and the control of all Iraqi territory by the coalition and their allies, that number jumped to 172 total fatalities. In the week since May 6th, the number rose further to 186 -- 155 U.S. and 31 British deaths.

The reports from military sources seem to cover all action/accidental deaths in Iraq up to May 10th; the change in the total number reflects late reporting or pending investigations into cause of death.