Family of U.S. soldier in dark about 'non-hostile' death

From Grant Swanson

This article discusses the tragedy behind the death of Army Staff Sgt. Darris J. Dawson.
Dawson's parents were informed that their son was killed in Iraq on Sunday at a base south of Baghdad. The details around his death are very sketchy and leave his parents angry and confused. The statement that was released classified Dawson's killing as a "non-hostile." Apparently Dawson and another soldier (Sgt. Wesley Durbin) were shot and killed by a fellow US soldier. I find this incredibly disturbing. Furthermore, Dawson apparently called his mother and confided in her that he was terrified of his own soldiers...that he seemed to believe "they're more scary than the enemy." This was due to the fact that the other soldiers were inexperienced, jumpy, and just down right scared. Dawson seemed to predict his personal danger.
The part of this article that really gets on my nerves is that by calling this a death "non-hostile," Dawson's death will not be put into the official death toll of the Iraq war. This is a way in which the administration has been able to conceal the truth death toll of this war unlike any other previous conflict. Dawson died on the battlefield...whether it be by and Iraqi soldier or his own. The ways in which numbers are manipulated in order to blind the public make me sick.