We don't do body counts...well, OK maybe we actually do

Now that the news is playing its role in the hyping of this latest round of violence in Iraq, we are receiving "body counts" from the field. The problem is, the body counts for civilians do not appear to be part of the reporting. With Rummy telling us yesterday that the locals had been warned, any civilians caught in the crossfire will dismissed as casualties of war, next question. Considering the source for the body counts, those killed may or may not be enemy fighters.

Elsewhere in Iraq, violence, violence, violence. But don't let that distract you from the main event in Falluja where the Pentagon would like us to believe is the only trouble spot in the country.