1,500 violent deaths reported in Iraq (last month)

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August 9, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq - About 1,500 violent deaths were reported in the Baghdad area last month, a top health official said Wednesday, providing figures that showed a steady increase in killings since the beginning of the year.

Deputy Health Minister Dr. Sabah al-Husseini also said about two-thirds of the deaths reported in Baghdad since January were due to violence. Last year, about one third of the 10,105 deaths recorded in the capital were due to violence.

Those figures do not include members of the U.S.-led coalition.

"We had hoped that in 2006 violent deaths would decrease," al-Husseini said. "Unfortunately, so far, they have doubled and now two-thirds of the recorded deaths are violent deaths."

The Health Ministry's count appeared consistent with figures provided by Baghdad morgue officials.

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1. Onsies and twosies.... dead enders... people who have no

future.... I guess that part is right..... "no future".

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2. That is just in Baghdad according to the article n/t

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4. The US version of the story

is deliberately spun to cover up the real total. Check out the BBC version.

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3. According to the BBC - the number is actually 1855

Baghdad morgue count rises again

9 August 2006

Officials at Baghdad mortuary say they received 1,855 bodies in July, as the capital remains gripped in a wave of violence which has beset it for months.

The figure - the highest yet - is a rise of more than 350 on June. Officials say about 90% of the deaths were as a result of violence.

The mortuary director told the BBC his staff could barely cope with the sheer numbers of corpses they received.

The death toll continued to rise on Wednesday with at least 23 more bodies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4777419.stm