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WAR In Iraq, progress on the political front—the confirmation of Iraqi Prime Minister Jawad Maliki, for example—has "insurgents" revealing themselves more fully as rank terrorists: More than 3,400 Iraqi civilians have died so far in 2006—three times as many as in the first five months of last year. On May 29, the fifth Memorial Day since the war on terror began, Americans will remember their own war dead. As of May 17, 2,455 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq. The tally of U.S. casualties so far in 2006 tracks roughly with the number killed January-May 2005. But even a decrease in fatalities might prove cold comfort to the families, friends, and brothers-in-arms of those who have already paid the ultimate price for American security.

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