The Surge in U.S. Casualties

The Price of 'Progress'
Larry Johnson, in No Quarter, writes,

Compare the current number of U.S. fatalities in Iraq with previous eight month periods for 2006 and 2005. For the first eight months of 2007 there have been 735 American troops killed and 4430 wounded. This is significantly higher than the casualty rate in 2005 or 2006. We have 1000 more dead and wounded this year than last year for the period January-August.

I wouldn't look for this chart in the final, cleansed, version the General Petreaus' report.