PHOTOS: 4,000 Dead, 5 Years Occupation, 1 Year "Surge," Past 48 Hours

[Hissyspit]

Iraqi soldiers stand on the spot where a roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers a day earlier in Baghdad, Monday, March 24, 2008, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000.(AP Photo)





This is an undated New Hampshire Army National Guard handout photo of Spc. David Stelmat, 27, of Littleton, N.H. His qualms about violence led him to become a medic. He and two others were killed Saturday, March 22, 2008, in Iraq by a roadside bomb.(AP Photo/NH Army National Guard)





A woman U.S. soldier holds a leaflet with a portrait of late SFC Randy L. Johnson of the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment based in Vilseck, Germany during a memorial service in Camp Taji north of Baghdad October 4, 2007





A mourner grieves as he holds pictures of two brothers killed in Sunday's bomb attack during a funeral in Baghdad March 24, 2008. A suicide car bomber killed at least six people and wounded 10 others near a fuel station in Shula district, northwestern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani(IRAQ)





A woman (L) grieves during the funeral of her two sons who were killed in Sunday's bomb attack in Baghdad March 24, 2008. A suicide car bomber killed at least six people and wounded 10 others near a fuel station in Shula district, northwestern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani(IRAQ)





A mourner grieves as he holds pictures of two brothers who were killed in Sunday's bomb attack during a funeral in Baghdad March 24, 2008. A suicide car bomber killed at least six people and wounded 10 others near a fuel station in Shula district, northwestern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)





US soldiers secure the site of a car bomb in Baghdad's Al-Shuala neighbourhood on March 23. The US military death toll in Iraq has hit 4,000 after the death of four soldiers in a Baghdad bomb attack which the White House said on Monday had left President George W. Bush grieving.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)





A man who identified himself as kidnapped contractor John R. Young from Kansas City, Missouri is seen in this image taken from video made available to the Associated Press on Jan. 3, 2007. Authorities have recovered the remains of Young and Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago, the FBI said Monday, March 24, 2008. (AP Photos)





Members of Turkey's Labor Party chant anti-U.S. slogans outside the presidential palace as U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul meet at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008. Cheney is in Turkey for talks with Turkish President Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit to discuss issues including the country's recent military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq.(AP Photo)





Members of Turkish Communist Party or TKP hold anti-U.S. banners as they chant slogans in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008, during a protest against U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's visit. Cheney has arrived in Turkey to meet with top officials and discuss issues including this country's recent military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. The banners read that: ' 'Down with the the U.S., Collaborator AKP' , left, and 'Get out USA!' AKP is the Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party.(AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)





U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul speak during their meeting at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2008. Cheney is in Turkey for talks with Turkish President Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit to discuss issues including the country's recent military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)





Protesters take part in the "Ostermarsch" (Easter march) demonstration to protest against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Berlin March 24, 2008. The banners read: "German armed forces Bundeswehr get out of Afghanistan".REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)





Protesters shout anti-US slogans as they hold a banner, reading: "Killer Dick Cheney Go Away from Our Country", during a demonstration in Ankara. Turkey's leaders told Cheney Monday that their campaign against Iraq-based Kurdish rebels means they cannot, for now, send more money or troops to Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/Adem Altan)





US President George W. Bush poses with an injured soldier at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio November 2007. The death toll of US soldiers in the five-year Iraq conflict has hit 4,000 in what the US military said Monday was a "tragic" loss of lives after four troops were killed in a Baghdad bombing. (AFP)





A military buglar plays 'Taps' during a funeral ceremony for a US soldier who was killed in Iraq. A bomb killed four US soldiers in Baghdad,pushing the toll since the 2003 invasion to a grim milestone of 4,000 that US Vice President Dick Cheney admitted would have a "psychological" impact.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Mark Wilson)

[Nitrogenica]

1. In my opinion, true patriots do the work to post things like this. Thank you.

[babylonsister]

2. Heartbreaking. Rec'd for more eyes. Thanks, Hissy. nt

[blue sky at night]

3. Here is another one.....

Just spotted it on Hufpo. 4000 dead and climbing....

[DesertRat]

4. And Dick Cheney says "So?"

:(

[Parche]

5. Gawd

That pic with Bush and that brave, brave US Soldier disfigured, makes me want to :cry:
:patriot: :patriot: :hi:

I hope if there is a Devil, he makes room for 2more spaces, because they are going to need it for Bush and Cheney :grr: :grr: :grr:

:hi:

[Breeze54]

6. I M + 4,000.... and counting.

:(

So unnecessary and such a pack of lies! :grr:

:kick: & recommended

[Breeze54]

7. I'm shocked that CBS and ABC just covered the death toll of soldiers and Iraqi's ..AGAIN today!!!

Maybe they read my letters of anger on their lack of reporting about the Iraq Occupation?

[babylonsister]

8. Nah, it's a 'milestone'. They'll go back to not reporting anything soon. nt

[Hissyspit]

9. .

[SKKY]

10. Here's my 2 cents on this whole thing...

In war, people die. It's what war is supposed to do. But in war, people are also hurt, maimed, and rendered incapacitated. Some of the injuries are obvious, like the soldier posing with W. But many of those injured have wounds that only drugs and alcohol can subside. Many of those injuries affect the person long after the war has been lost, and the last confetti from the last parade has been swept off the street. I hate to say this, but I've seen enough over the past 16 years that have made me realize this- in a lot of ways, those 4,000 who died got off easy. Their suffering has ended. The other 35,000+? Not so much.