It's good to see 15 British soldiers released after 13 days of captivity but more than 20 American soldiers died in Iraq during that 13 days. Here is are their names:
March 23rd, 2007 - Spc. Lance C. Springer II (IED), Sgt. Greg N. Riewer (IED)
March 24th, 2007 - Lance Cpl. Trevor A. Roberts (combat)
March 25th, 2007 - Sgt. Jason W. Swiger (IED), Cpl. Jason Nunez (IED), Pfc. Orlando E. Gonzalez (IED), Pfc. Anthony J. White (IED), Spc. Sean K. McDonald (IED)
March 27th, 2007 - Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey (non-combat), Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski (combat), Master Sgt. Sean M. Thomas (combat)
March 29th, 2007 - Sgt. Joe Polo (IED)
March 30th, 2007 - Unnamed (non-combat)
March 31st, 2007 - 1st Lt. Neale M. Shank (non-combat), Spc. Wilfred Flores Jr. (IED), Two Unnamed (IED), Four Unnamed (IED)
April 1st, 2007 - Pfc. Miguel A. Marcial III (non-combat), Staff Sgt. Jason R. Arnette (IED)
April 2nd, 2007 - Unnamed (combat), Unnamed (IED)
It'll take some time for America to unsubscribe from this feed of death but the least we can do is spare a glimpse for them between our seemingly intentional fixation with everything unrelated to Iraq.