For those of you keeping count at home, here’s the latest score:

Non-U.S.

2,977 victims and 19 hijackers on 9/11/2001
3173 and counting deaths of U.S/ally military in Operation Enduring Freedom
4 U.S. embassy personnel in recent Libyan attack

U.S.

1 (Osama bin Laden)
2,562 – 3,325 (via drone attacks)
countless thousands of “insurgents”

Annual domestic U.S. deaths by category:

• Heart disease: 599,413
• Cancer: 567,628
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
• Alzheimer’s disease: 79,003
• Diabetes: 68,705
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909
• Accidents (unintentional injuries) ………………………..118,021
  Transport accidents ………………………………..39,031
  Motor vehicle accidents……36,216
  Other land transport accidents….1,033
  Water, air and space, and other………………………………….1,782
  Nontransport accidents ………………………………78,990
  Falls …………………………………………24,792
  Accidental discharge of firearms…………………………..554
  Assault (homicide)…………………………… 16,799
  — Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms …………………..11,493
  — Assault (homicide) by other unspecified means……..5,306

Winner?  You decide