British casualities in Iraq

I'm not quite sure when I started reading Spiked Online, in fact I'm not quite sure how I even found it. If you can handle the ideological conflicts you might have about it being the successor to Living Marxism then it can be quite enjoyable. I personally like the way it tries to cut through bullshit. Today for example, I read a piece by Brendan O'Neill about British casualties in Iraq. It's opening line says it all really.

Iraq is becoming less dangerous for British troops - and the IRA killed twice as many soldiers in one year as Iraqi insurgents have killed in three.

The full article is here.