U.S. Marines Change Policy on Disclosing Iraq Deaths

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U.S. Marines Change Policy on Disclosing Iraq Deaths

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By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps said on Thursday it will again disclose the deaths of Marines as they occur in Iraq, reversing a policy that has made it difficult to track American casualties and the lethality of the insurgency.

The Marines, ahead of the Falluja offensive that began Nov. 8, instituted a policy of no longer announcing the deaths of Marines shortly after fatal attacks by insurgents took place.

"We changed our policy in mid-October, deciding not to issue press releases on a casualty because we did not want to aid the enemy in determining the success of their actions," Col. Jenny Holbert, a spokeswoman with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, said by e-mail
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