Monday, December 31, 2007  2007 deadliest year? Someone tell
Little Media  AP calls 2007 "the deadliest for the U.S. military
since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed." It's doubtful
Little Media will have a thing to say on that. They've got the
Cult of Saint Bhutto to chew on for at least another week, or
maybe their daughter's having a party and they want to write
about that or some reality show, but in 2007, week after week,
they've demonstrated that Iraq is not "their" "issue."  In the
New York Times this morning, Stephen Farrell offers "For Iraqi
Street Cleaners, Scraps Include Human Flesh:"  It falls to
Baghdad's street sweepers to pick up the fingertips and scraps
of flesh left behind after the emergency workers haul away the
torsos and heads of bombing victims. They do the job without
gloves, in all but the coldest weeks of winter. If the attack
comes while they are off duty, they get roughly $8 extra for
cleaning up. Despite the grisly work, and the sadness at the
deaths, that is a welcome sum