19 October, 2005

in the dark

I read today that 1,980 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. That is the standard wording.

Why don't we have a full accounting by the Defense Dept as follows:
Active duty US Servicemen and women killed _________
U.s. Civilian Contractors killed __________
Iraqi civilians including women and children killed __________
total killed __________

(and the same catagories for the wounded)

Some catagories would have to be estimated. As it is the American people are in the dark again as to what is really happening.

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