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Going against the expressed wishes of the Pentagon, several top U.S. newspapers treated the tragic arrival of the 2,000th American military death in Iraq as a major milestone Wednesday. The New York Times even used that officially disapproved phrase in a headline at the top of a page. USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post all carried special features.
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On Tuesday, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, a military spokesman in Iraq, wrote in an e-mail to reporters, "The 2,000 service members killed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom is not a milestone. It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives."
But on Wednesday, the Times ran a front-page story marking the 2,000th fatality -- plus four pages of photos of the dead inside. The gallery covered every death since the paper last performed this service, at the 1,000 mark in early September 2004.
The Page One headline reads: “2,000 Dead: As Iraq Tours Stretch On, a Grim Mark.” On its Web site, meanwhile, the paper carried the entire gallery of the dead, plus extensive breakdowns by age, date, state, and other markers. Clicking on the photo produces background on each fatality.
USA Today marked the 2,000th death with a story highlighting letters from soldiers who later died, including an online graphic with photos and quotes of some of the fallen letter-writers.
"The letters home, a mix of the plain and poetic, are a poignant legacy of those American dead," the story said. One note, from Spc. Jonathan Castro of Corona, Calif., who died in December 2004, said plainly, "As for Iraq itself, it's beautiful, except for the whole war thing."
USA Today also included a map showing which areas of the United States the dead soldiers had lived, along with a graphic noting which states had the most deaths. A similar map was placed online by The Washington Post as part of a package of stories and images related to its coverage of the milestone.
The Post also published online an extensive graphic of data breaking down the deaths by branch of service, age, hometown, dates, race, and location in Iraq. The paper ran its own photo gallery of the fallen, including those from the first 1,000 and the last.
A major story in the Washington paper examined the incidents of deaths by roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices or IEDs, which it reported make up about half of all the deaths in the war. The Post also planned a "Live Online" Q&A session Wednesday with staff writer Josh White, who wrote the paper's main story on the issue today.
The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, provided an analysis of the deadly trend in Iraq, noting that the death rate for U.S. troops there had "roughly doubled since March 2004." The paper also ran a profile of a U.S. soldier who had been an alcoholic before converting to Islam to help him recover, then joined the California National Guard prior to his death serving in Iraq.[/b][/quote]
It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives?
Tell that to the parents of those 2000 people you dumb fuck.
I just saw this on The Beltway Boys on FOX. One of the "boys" said this is much to do about nothing because in WW2 we lost that many in one day.
Fucking idiots.
But on Wednesday, the Times ran a front-page story marking the 2,000th fatality -- plus four pages of photos of the dead inside. The gallery covered every death since the paper last performed this service, at the 1,000 mark in early September 2004.
The Page One headline reads: “2,000 Dead: As Iraq Tours Stretch On, a Grim Mark.” On its Web site, meanwhile, the paper carried the entire gallery of the dead, plus extensive breakdowns by age, date, state, and other markers. Clicking on the photo produces background on each fatality.
USA Today marked the 2,000th death with a story highlighting letters from soldiers who later died, including an online graphic with photos and quotes of some of the fallen letter-writers.
"The letters home, a mix of the plain and poetic, are a poignant legacy of those American dead," the story said. One note, from Spc. Jonathan Castro of Corona, Calif., who died in December 2004, said plainly, "As for Iraq itself, it's beautiful, except for the whole war thing."
USA Today also included a map showing which areas of the United States the dead soldiers had lived, along with a graphic noting which states had the most deaths. A similar map was placed online by The Washington Post as part of a package of stories and images related to its coverage of the milestone.
The Post also published online an extensive graphic of data breaking down the deaths by branch of service, age, hometown, dates, race, and location in Iraq. The paper ran its own photo gallery of the fallen, including those from the first 1,000 and the last.
A major story in the Washington paper examined the incidents of deaths by roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices or IEDs, which it reported make up about half of all the deaths in the war. The Post also planned a "Live Online" Q&A session Wednesday with staff writer Josh White, who wrote the paper's main story on the issue today.
The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, provided an analysis of the deadly trend in Iraq, noting that the death rate for U.S. troops there had "roughly doubled since March 2004." The paper also ran a profile of a U.S. soldier who had been an alcoholic before converting to Islam to help him recover, then joined the California National Guard prior to his death serving in Iraq.[/b][/quote]
It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives?
Tell that to the parents of those 2000 people you dumb fuck.
I just saw this on The Beltway Boys on FOX. One of the "boys" said this is much to do about nothing because in WW2 we lost that many in one day.
Fucking idiots.
Be passionate about what you believe in, or why bother.
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