Iraq Milestone Day

For a variety of reasons:

But the good news is tempered by the 104 American soldiers killed in April, the highest total for 2007, which the story notes and the Post leads with. The paper ties the increasing death toll to the 11-week-old surge/escalation—the effort to reduce violence by putting more soldiers in the field. It was also the deadliest month for British soldiers with 11 fatalities.

In addition, today is the day that Bush keeps the war going by vetoing the timeline for withdrawal legislation, and it's the four year anniversary of "mission accomplished".

Meanwhile, the green zone gets hotter:

Things don't seem very safe in the Green Zone, either, as the Post gets this unusual under-fire quote from a military flak: " 'There is a duck-and-cover going on right now,' said Lt. Col. Christopher C. Garver, a U.S. military spokesman, before quickly getting off the phone. Later, Garver confirmed there had been an assault on the Green Zone, but it was unclear what had happened. Local Iraqi television stations reported 10 explosions inside the zone."