Good Lord. September is shaping up to be a real bloodbath in Iraq.

[bluestateguy]

23 dead American troops in the first 8 days of the month alone.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[babylonsister]

1. And for Iraqis, August was horrible. I don't imagine

September will be much better. :-(

From Democracy Now!:

Baghdad Morgue Triples August Death Count
In Iraq, there are growing signs of what the Washington Post calls “the most dramatic surge in violence” during the US-led occupation. On Thursday, Baghdad’s morgue said it’s nearly tripling its count of violent deaths last month. Officials have revised the toll from five hundred and fifty dead to more than fifteen hundred. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry says it’s approved construction of two morgues to accommodate the rising death toll.

[BOSSHOG]

2. No big deal to "conservatives"

According to bush's base, our kids who are dying are volunteers, most likely would get killed in a car wreck back here and most of them are lying about PTSD. And yet "conservatives" support our troops. The real heroes and brave amongst them are limbaugh and hannity and coulter and five deferments dick and rove who got a deferment but never got a college degree. How incredibly terrible it must suck being a bush supporter in America today. Mass suicide is in order to ease their pain.

[leftchick]

3. and about 500 dead Iraqis?

at least.

[bananas]

4. About 3 a day, hasn't that been the running average? nt