TodayÕs article in the Guardian about GI wounded in Iraq

[myomy]

The guardian today reports figures obtained show 6000 American troops have been evacuated from the battleground in Iraq.http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1041822,00.html

[nostamj]

1. damn

Three US soldiers were killed last week, bringing the number of combat dead since hostilities in Iraq were declared officially over on 1 May to 68. A similar number have died in accidents. It is military police policy to announce that a soldier has been wounded only if they were involved in an incident that involved a death.

Critics of the policy say it hides the true extent of the casualties. The new figures reveal that 1,178 American soldiers have been wounded in combat operations since the war began on 20 March.

[lindashaw]

2. Yes. Would to heaven that we had press who would publish this.