We gotta get out of that place.

Is it just me, or have reports of American casualties in Iraq dried up? I've skimmed a few reports on fighting between American forces and Muqtada al-Sadr's militia in Najaf, all of which mentioned militia casualties, but no mention was made of U.S. deaths or injuries. With the severity of the fighting, you can be sure troops aren't coming out unscathed. So where are the casualties?

The U.S. administration already prohibited coverage of funerals or of the dead returning home, so it wouldn't surprise me if they stopped issuing casualty reports or ordered new outlets not to report them. That way the toll in U.S. deaths will be kept out of sight and out of the minds of the American people. Just like the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths.