Western media blind to real war victims

WHILE I share the feelings of Muntadar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at President Bush during the latter’s visit to Iraq on Sunday, I was not impressed by your report next day (December 14).

We were told that nearly 150,000 US troops remain in Iraq and that more than 4,209 members of the US military have been killed. Indeed that is newsworthy and sobering information.

However, we are given no figures estimating the Iraqi dead, only that 55 were killed in the recent attack in Kirkuk.