2,000 and Counting

We've hit a "Milestone" in the Iraq War. 2,000 American soldiers have died. According to the New York Times, "The war here has claimed about 2,000 American service members, but in the cold calculus of the killing, far more Iraqis have been left dead. The figures vary widely, with Iraqi and American officials reluctant to release even the most incomplete of tallies."

It is truly amazing to me that we have so marginalized the very people that we are supposedly rescuing that we do not even track their deaths. However, "[i]n one count, compiled by Iraq Body Count, a United States-based nonprofit group that tracks the civilian deaths using news media reports, the total of Iraqi dead since the American-led invasion is 26,690 to 30,051."

As I mentioned in this post, The Ghouls are Out, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will be holding vigils this evening at various locations. You can get information here: Not One More Death. Not One More Dollar. : Wage Peace.

Also, the NYT has posted pictures of the fallen here: A Look at Those Who Died in Iraq.

(Picture credit: AMERICAblog)