The Nattering Nabob

Somehow, this has gone unreported by the mainstream press: more than 16,000 service men and women have been injured or wound in Iraq.

This comes from the Veteran's for Common Sense, reporting on a PBS Interview:

"The national press missed this blockbuster on June 18: the Pentagon confirms more than 16,000 U.S. service members have been wounded or injured in the Iraq War. DoD failed to report 11,000 soldiers who were wounded or injured. The TV networks and newspapers failed to follow-up on this major scoop. As Steve Robinson of the National Gulf War Resource Center said, 'They [the military] believe that by putting this information out, it's somehow going to affect public opion.' Donald Rumsfeld must believe that good public relations is far more important than medical care for our wartime wounded."