Two U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups cruise the Persian Gulf, just off the shores of Iran. As the situation in Iraq deteriorates, an embattled Bush administration increasingly scapegoats Iran for its failed occupation. The U.S. arrests Iranian nationals in Iraq and admits it has special forces in Iran, apparently hoping to provoke a confrontation.
655,000 Iraq War Deaths (tags)
The report on the mortality rate published in the Lancet journal last week is sound science.