re: To claim victory - "U.S. excluded car, suicide bombs from Iraq murder toll"
Why is it so hard to believe that we might want to make a distinction between violence that is targeted and that that is random?
Why is this an issue if:
"He added that although the military collected data on violence from as many sources as possible and used a consistent methodology, "we do not claim our information represents every possible victim of violence."
I could see this being controversial if the Gov changed it's "methodology" just before the crackdown on Baghdad, but I don't think that's what this article (or the previous piece you posted on the same subject) is saying?