If civil war happens and no one reports it, does it exist?

So much for Rummy's "exaggeration" dodge.

Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count

BAGHDAD, March 8 -- Days after the bombing of a Shiite shrine unleashed a wave of retaliatory killings of Sunnis, the leading Shiite party in Iraq's governing coalition directed the Health Ministry to stop tabulating execution-style shootings, according to a ministry official familiar with the recording of deaths.

Technorati Tags: Iraq, war, civil war, Rummy, Rumsfeld