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xchrom

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Thu May 2, 2013, 06:17 AM May 2013

UN: April deadliest month in Iraq since June 2008

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-02-05-55-54

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The United Nations mission to Iraq says more people were killed in violent attacks across the country in April than in any other month since June 2008.

The U.N. figures released on Thursday underscore concerns that security is quickly deteriorating in Iraq, where violence spiked in the last part of April.

The UN says it recorded 712 people killed last month, including 117 members of the Iraqi security forces. The capital district of Baghdad was the worst affected.

Casualty tolls in Iraq can vary considerably, with official reports at times differing from accounts from local police and hospital officials. The Associated Press recorded more than 400 killed last month.
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UN: April deadliest month in Iraq since June 2008 (Original Post) xchrom May 2013 OP
So while we dedicated a library to the worst misanthrope orpupilofnature57 May 2013 #1
+1 xchrom May 2013 #2
 

orpupilofnature57

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1. So while we dedicated a library to the worst misanthrope
Thu May 2, 2013, 06:36 AM
May 2013

in presidential history, the fruits of his " Victory " were in full bloom .

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