I found this interesting site on casualties in Iraqi. I was looking because it seems that casualties have been down lately. There is a plot of fatalities by month. This month is on track to have the lowest US fatalities since Feb of 04. However, this past Dec. and Oct. were the third and fifth worse respectively. It is interesting that we do not see any news reports of lower casualty rates in Iraqi recently, still Jan. is young. I wonder if news agencies will do less reporting on casualties until the next election. By doing this voters will not become accustom to the casualties and the reports will have more impact on the election. I also wonder of Bush knows that Iraq is turning around so he is changing generals and putting in more troops in order to claim credit for the victory. For all politicians it is easier to be devious than to provide good leadership. This is one reason that politicians focus on making their foes look bad and not on providing good leadership.

Casualties in Iraqi