Iraqi death toll for July 2006: 3, 438
August 16, 2006
New York Times
Casualties
Number of Civilian Deaths Highest in July, Iraqis Say
By EDWARD WONG and DAMIEN CAVE
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 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.
The rising numbers suggested that sectarian violence is spiraling out of control, and seemed to bolster an assertion many senior Iraqi officials and American military analysts have made in recent months: that the country is already embroiled in a civil war, not just slipping toward one, and that the American-led forces are caught between Sunni Arab guerrillas and Shiite militias.
nayj's only comment: are 'american-led forces' CAUGHT (as in trapped victims?) in the middle or did they create this chaos, unrest, and civil war? why do I keep reading the New York Times? I guess I like to get a little pissed off every morning!
New York Times
Casualties
Number of Civilian Deaths Highest in July, Iraqis Say
By EDWARD WONG and DAMIEN CAVE
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 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.
The rising numbers suggested that sectarian violence is spiraling out of control, and seemed to bolster an assertion many senior Iraqi officials and American military analysts have made in recent months: that the country is already embroiled in a civil war, not just slipping toward one, and that the American-led forces are caught between Sunni Arab guerrillas and Shiite militias.
nayj's only comment: are 'american-led forces' CAUGHT (as in trapped victims?) in the middle or did they create this chaos, unrest, and civil war? why do I keep reading the New York Times? I guess I like to get a little pissed off every morning!
posted by DangerousDerrida at Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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