Defense chief Rumsfeld says Military Deaths are cost of fighting terrorism
With the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq apparently reaching the 1,000 mark, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met the symbolic figure head-on Tuesday at the Pentagon. He said the deaths were part of the cost of going on the offensive against terrorism and related the count to attacks ranging from recent Russian school deaths to the Sept. 11 strikes three years ago. [more 
] The War in Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism and it has nothing to do with school deaths in Russia.
] The War in Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism and it has nothing to do with school deaths in Russia. - New York Times publishes pictures of the first 1000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq [more ]