The true Iraq casualty count reached 1000 before the Republican Convention in NYC. The casualty counts covered by the media only include "identified" soldiers who have died in Iraq, which I agree with. The Global Security site below lists the actual count of identified deaths, unidentified deaths and the wounded. Prior to the RNC the "DOD's unidentified" count started to increase, some go back as far as April. In the past I have noticed the unidentified count would usually only occur for a month or two before being identified. Is this another proof of Bushco again playing with the numbers?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm "Still left unresolved is the issue of US deaths for which announcements have been made in prior months but who still do not appear to have been identified formally by the US Department of Defense."