Meanwhile in Iraq

Yahoo News has this wonderful euphemistic heading for today's news: "Iraq in transition".

And then, it lists the articles of transitioning:

Massive suicide car bomb wounds 58 US soldiers, one Iraqi near Mosul

U.S. Copter Downed in Iraq; No Injuries

Ground fire forces down US helicopter south of Fallujah

And the good news:

U.S. Repulses 2 Suicide Bombers in Iraq

Only four U.S. soldiers were seriously injured in both attacks, the latest in the string of suicide missions that have hit mainly non-American targets.

Only four.

Also Tuesday, the military reported three U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade died and one was injured in an accident when an embankment collapsed beneath their armored personnel carriers north of Baghdad.

The deaths bring to 448 the number of U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion on March 20. Of those, 308 have died as a result of hostile action.

140 died how?

Accident, like this one. Suicide. Friendly fire. Illness. What else? Maybe it's because I don't know death stats from other wars, but 140 - virtually one-third of the deaths - seems like a lot from "non-hostile" action, doesn't it?