Baltimore Sun
by Jules Witcover

08/10/05

Belatedly but inexorably, the rash of American deaths this month -- more than 30 so far, bringing the total to 1,823 -- has hit the home front as seldom before in this war of President Bush's choice. The concentration of most of the victims in one Marine Reserve unit in Ohio has generated stories and interviews on television and in newspapers that further remind Americans of the price being paid. Likewise featured on the network news shows and front pages is the protest outside the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, of Cindy Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier son, Casey, died in the Sadr City section of Baghdad 16 months ago. Unable to speak with Mr. Bush directly, she told reporters: 'He said my son died in a noble cause, and I want to ask him what that noble cause is.' A 45-minute meeting with Mr. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, did not assuage her...

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