Civilian Deaths in Iraq

In today's Guardian, John Sloboda argues, "We must honour the dead", specifically by maintaining a civilian death toll. As you know, although by historical standards the civilian death toll is very low for a conflict of this magnitude, the Bush Administration obviously wishes to suppress that information for fear of negative publicity. Would publication of this information, with historical context so as to show how the civilian death toll compares to prior wars, hurt the military effort? Or would it hurt Bush, while actually helping the military document that it has exercised considerable restraint and care (particularly by historical standards)?

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