Today’s news has been dominated by the latest stop on George W. Bush’s fear tour, the release of the new bin Laden tape, the so-called handover of the command of Iraqi security forces, and of course, Paris Hilton’s arrest for drinking and driving.
Lost in the shuffle of all this is the latest U.S. casualty count out of Iraq. This AP article simply and briefly notes that:
As of Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, at least 2,658 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war.
Unfortunately, that story posted only minutes ago is already out of date. According to Iraq Coalition Casualties, there has now been 2,666 American servicemen and women killed in Iraq.
Think about it…at least eight more Americans were killed today in Bush’s war and there is nary a ripple in the media. And for now, these eight people are only known as:
The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.
Eight more families are about to receive the news that their loved one is dead, while George W. Bush spent the day touting progress in his war on terror, defending illegal wiretapping and excusing torture. And as I type this, he is, no doubt, sleeping like a baby.
