U.S. count of Baghdad deaths excludes car bombs, mortar attacks
 

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15474438.htm

" In a distinction previously undisclosed, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said Friday that the United States is including in its tabulations of sectarian violence only deaths of individuals killed in drive-by shootings or by torture and execution.

That has allowed U.S. officials to boast that the number of deaths from sectarian violence in Baghdad declined by more than 52 percent in August over July. "

the pentagon lies about fatality counts. they thought they were slick in vietnam: sky-high enemy counts, near zero allied. progess! the problem was nobody believed them. grudgingly acknowledging "mistakes of the past" (bowing to public outrage) they promised a new openeness for the future. it's even worse now. progress!

- js.