Military Death Count

Lest we forget what the Bush-Rove lie machine is causing in terms of death and suffering: the number of in Iraq just rose to 1,771, with the death of a sailor assigned to a regimental combat team in Baghdad on July 15. Click to get a map that counts out "coalition" military deaths in Iraq by date and their locations on a map.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has decided to keep classified a section of a new report on Iraq that details the readiness of Iraqi fighting forces. See the article in the Guardian Unlimited.

Meanwhile, according to Reuters:

Sunni Arabs boycotting the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution warned other members on Thursday not to push the document through without their support.

Sunni Arabs suspended participation in the constitution-drafting committee on Wednesday after a Sunni Arab committee member and two fellow-members of the Sunni Arab umbrella group Iraqi National Dialogue were shot dead.

Tick, tick, tick.