Think of the headlines about business upturns that say, "Unemployment drops; inflation feared". The trope is that there is no sunny day that doesn't have a cloud somewhere if you look for it.
So we have the sad news of the gravediggers in Najaf, Iraq who are concerned that not enough people are using their services now that the Surge is working. Oh, there are a few terrorists' families, it seems. But it hardly takes up the slack.