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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The war in Iraq saw two milestones Tuesday that reflect the country's path to democracy and its human toll as officials said the referendum on a draft constitution passed and the U.S. military's death toll reached 2,000.
CNN's count of U.S. fatalities reflects reports from military sources and includes deaths in Iraq, Kuwait and other units assigned to the Iraq campaign.
I don't know why we mark these things in nice round numbers. Somehow that seems just slightly obsene to me. I don't think the families of these people think of their loved ones in nice round numbers.
I don't think God works in base ten. I wonder, why do we?
Sure seems to diminish 347 or 1982 or any number inbetween.
rawstory says CNN is retracting their 2000 dead. It's at 1999.
Now gee...that's news you can trust!
CNN has un-retracted. Someone probably got a clue and decided that keeping that number at 1999 for the next umpteen days was probably just a bad idea.
http://icasualties.org/oif/
Posted by: Ellen Beth at October 25, 2005 02:08 PM
Yeh..time to change their slogan!
News..propaganda..fantasy stories...we do 'em all!
"We should be committed to understanding the awful loss that's happening in this war..." - Paul Fusco
Please take time to watch this extremely moving photo essay. We owe it to these soldiers and their families.
http://www.magnuminmotion.com/bitterfruit/intro.html from http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/25/13244/408
(Reposted from subsequent thread, and most definitely appropriate here.)
NPR reported the 2000th death at 4:00 p.m. All Things Considered, and then I started getting a bunch of emails about the vigils.
The Vigil will be held Tomorrow: WEDNESDAY at 6:30 in most places (at dusk etc..).