While researching an American woman soldier who was killed in Iraq, I came across this odd piece of Orwellian revisionism:
Posted on (2/16/04)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040219/325/emf3u.html
In the latest attacks, an American soldier from Task Force Iron Horse was killed and four were wounded in a roadside bombing Monday in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. One of the wounded was critically injured and the other three were in guarded condition, the military said.
Two Iraqis were arrested, one with a cell phone that may have been used to detonate the bomb, said Master Sgt. Robert Cargie, a spokesman in Tikrit.
The other fatal bombing occurred in the center of Baghdad, killing one soldier from the 1st Armored Division and wounding another, the military said.
The latest deaths bring to 540 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the United States launched the Iraq war in March. Most have died since President Bush declared an end to active combat May 1.
And then posted today 2/19/2004
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040219/323/emf2c.html
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two US soldiers and one Iraqi were killed in a bomb blast near Khaldiyah, 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Baghdad, a military spokesperson said.
"Two soldiers were killed from Taskforce All American and one was wounded at 10:30 am (0730 GMT) near Khaldiyah. The soldiers died from an improvised explosive device and one Iraqi was killed as a result of this attack," the spokesperson said Thursday.
No further details were available.
The latest deaths, added to a Pentagon toll, would raise to 263 the number of US soldiers killed in action since major combat in Iraq was declared officially over on May 1.
A total of 378 soldiers have died in combat since US forces first entered Iraq last March.
Note the different casuality numbers.