The Quiet Of Iraq

McClatchy reports that 14 American soldiers were killed in the past week in Iraq. I am not sure whether the total is mentioned in the article about 3 Marines being killed in an explosion: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/42271.html but they mention in their newsletter: Marines among dead in Iraq attack on tribal leaders Also killed were the Marines' two interpreters. The total death toll was at least 20, Iraqi officials said. The explosion struck a meeting between U.S. officials and local tribal leaders in Anbar province who'd allied themselves with the U.S. to fight al Qaida in Iraq. It was the latest attack on Iraqis who'd cooperated with Americans. Fourteen Americans have died in such attacks this week. It is not over, not by a long, long chalk.