War zones are dangerous places, before (prepping), during (combat), and after (cleanup) the fact. Hardly anything new. In the 70s, there were still fields in Italy that were not to be plowed due to old WWII land mines, and sea mines washing up on beaches were not unheard of.

Comment & Analysis:At least 20,000 civilians were injured in the Iraq war.

The full "comment":

At least 20,000 civilians were injured in the Iraq war: Why are the occupiers ignoring their suffering and their needs?

Facts show that these people are not being ignored, and the actual aid they have and continue to receive is an education to watch.

And:

Calendar of US Military Dead during Iraqi War

It's nice someone out there is trying, but I think he/she might wish to seek a little assistance in the project. Before publishing pages for such touchy subjects as war casualties (and attempting to make it appear as a authority by tacking on the very misleading .org extension), they should proofread their work. One thing I find hard to swallow is that some of these people are shown to have died on more than one day -- on the same page (i.e., PFC Tamario D. Burkett -- March 27 & April 13; Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair -- March 27 & March 30; CPL Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse -- March 27 & April 16; Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr. -- March 27 & April 13; PVT Jonathan L. Gifford -- March 27 & April 14; PVT Nolen R. Hutchings -- March 27 & April 13; Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon -- March 27 & April 1; and Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams -- March 27 & March 30).

The source page is accurate, being the much-posted dod.mil/releases/archive.html, but these men actually died while engaged in operations on the outskirts of An Nasiriyah on March 23, in a tank accident in the Euphrates River during combat operations on March 27, and in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash on March 30. The posted “calendar of death” is very misleading, listing report dates, not actual death dates, which skews the attempt -- badly.

Nice try, but methinks the page owner should actually try reading his source some time -- and stop treating our folks overseas like some kind of public spreadsheet game. They get enough of that in private from their own officers.

Thanx anyway,
Dan