What's sad, Lindy, is that MSNBC can lie right in front of you, and you still buy it.
From the article:
The Associated Press count of U.S. military deaths for the month was 81, including a soldier who died from non-combat causes Friday. Figures compiled from officials in the Iraqi ministries of Defense, Health and Interior showed the Iraqi military toll was 44. The Iraqi figures showed that 165 Iraqi police were killed in March. Many of the police serve in paramilitary units.
By simply excluding the police serving in a military role, they get their headline. So great is their contempt for their mindless readers that they can actually mention it in the story, and still carry it off.