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US military chiefs called on news organisations not to look at the 2,000th death in Iraq as a milestone in the conflict, yet many reported it as a politically significant landmark. The Pentagon says the 2,000th death in Iraq is an "artificial" mark The online edition of the Washington Post carried a story that noted: "The grim milestone was reached at a time of growing disenchantment over the war among the American public toward a conflict that was launched to punish Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for his alleged weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found." CNN.com set the occasion...