Since some here like to make very nice and tidy (but false) claims of the raging successes of the American troops in Iraq. But those claims are taken from a US military site, which of course is bound by duty to report success and never dismal failure. There is no way anyone can take creedence in their battle reports when it's obviously not going to be reporting on the actual human cost of the illegal occupation of Iraq. Will anyone ever tell me why the army news site is any different from a supposed extreme muslim fanatical site? I doubt it, but an answer would be partially satisfying.