It was a year ago, during the start of Bush's War, that message board denizen Pat K started tracking the soldiers killed in order to "reshape the Middle East" or settle a family score or whatever the real reason for that godforsaken war might've been.
Pat K's efforts turned into the Coalition Casulaty Count, with an invaluable assist from programmer (and also dKos denizen) Michael White.
This little story, which has been featured on outlets as varied as the BBC, to Slate, to the Kansas City Star, got front-page treatment in Pat K's hometown newspaper.