110

[ourbluenation]

On average, that's how many Iraqis died each day in July. How did anyone think this Iraq project would actually work? Jesus Christ...

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Iraqi Death Toll Rose Above 3,400 in July

By EDWARD WONG and DAMIEN CAVE
Published: August 15, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 15 — July appears to have been the deadliest month of the war for Iraqi civilians, according to figures from the Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue, reinforcing criticism that the Baghdad security plan started in June by the new Iraqi government has failed.

An average of more than 110 Iraqis were killed each day in July, according to the figures. The total number of civilian deaths that month, 3,438, is a 9 percent increase over the tally in June and nearly double the toll in January.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/world/middleeast/15cnd-iraq.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=2ac032da4b5239b0&hp=&ex=1155700800&oref=slogin&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

[elliswyatt]

1. i dont think

saddam's evil hands and sons could even manage to get that many kills per day. i'm sure he's jealous

[ourbluenation]

2. yeah - surely this fiasco has killed more people than crazy saddam

ever did at this point. He had his thumb on what is clearly a powder keg. Saw this coming a mile away.

[question everything]

3. Like the former Yugoslavia, it needs to be split

before there are no more Iraqis left..

Its borders were drawn artificially by the British following WWI, putting tribes that hated each other under one roof, and tearing the oil rich province of Kuwait.

Split the country into three provinces, or states, and assure that oil revenues are allocated to all. In some years, perhaps, they will be able to form a federation.