US Network Correspondants Come Home from Iraq - Troops Remain

Two news items appear today, December 31, 2008 on the web-site icasualties.org

1) 12/31/08 Soldier dies from wounds

A U.S. Soldier died, Dec. 31, in Balad, Iraq from injuries sustained during combat operations, Dec. 30. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

The un-identified soldier is the 4,221 st US death since the invasion of Iraq was launched almost six years ago.

2) TV News Winds Down Operations on Iraq War

from the New York Times

Quietly, as the United States presidential election and its aftermath have dominated the news, America’s three broadcast network news divisions have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq.


Is it time for change yet?