Iraq War Deaths

Fussing Over Numbers: Body Counts and Accountability

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Erica Gaston

Civilian casualty counts boil a thousand stories of loss into impersonal statistics, and obscure the real tragedy of these incidents.

Some People Never Learn

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Jane Smiley

In Bob Woodward's new book, Condoleezza Rice hastens to remind us just how blind and stupid they have been, no doubt to make sure that no one in his or her right mind could possibly pull that "Republican" lever in the voting booth ever again.

Military Blocks Photos Of US Dead

New York Times | MICHAEL KAMBER and TIM ARANGO | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead h...

2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. militar...