Iraqi child death rates soar

[Carl Remick]

> [The following is from today's NY Times.]
>  
> With Little Notice, U.S. Planes Have Been Striking Iraq All Year

I thought I should append the following acute observation concerning
this NYT article from Slate's "Today's Papers" summary:

"This is a curious story: It is hard news reported almost as if it were
a trend, and it is pegged partly to its own absence in the very
newspaper in which it now appears."

Carl