A few blurbs from recent news to remind you what's going on in Iraq



Bush bans photos of soldier's caskets

"Since the end of the Vietnam War, presidents have worried that their
military actions would lose support once the public glimpsed the remains

U.S. soldiers arriving at air bases in flag-draped caskets. To this
problem, the Bush administration has found a simple solution: It has ended
the public dissemination of such images by banning news coverage and
photography of dead soldiers' homecomings on all military bases... A White
House spokesman said Bush has not attended any memorials or funerals for
soldiers killed in action during his presidency as his predecessors had
done, although he has met with families of fallen soldiers and has marked
the loss of soldiers in Memorial Day and Sept. 11, 2001, remembrances."



Iraq's dead civilians now outnumber 9-11 victims

"There is no reliable source for Iraqi civilian or combatant casualty
figures, either during the period of major combat or after May 1. The
Associated Press reported an estimated 3,240 civilian Iraqi deaths between
March 20 and April 20, but the AP reported that the figure was based on
records of only half of Iraq's hospitals and the actual number was thought
to be significantly higher."


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"They say there are strangers, who threaten us
in our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness, too dangerous
in our theatres and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
must rise and save us from ourselves"
--Rush, 'Witch Hunt'