U.N.: 14,000 Iraqis killed in 2006

[DoYouEverWonder]

July 18, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- More than 14,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in the first half of this year, an ominous figure reflecting the fact that "killings, kidnappings and torture remain widespread" in the war-torn country, a United Nations report says.

Killings of civilians are on "an upward trend," with more than 5,800 deaths and more than 5,700 injuries reported in May and June alone, it says.

The report, a bimonthly document produced by the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, covers May and June, and includes chilling casualty figures and ugly anecdotes from the insurgent and sectarian warfare that continues to rage despite the establishment of a national unity government and a security crackdown in Baghdad.

The report lists examples of bloody suicide bombs aimed at mosques, attacks on laborers, the recovery of slain bodies, the assassinations of judges, the killings of prisoners, the targeting of clergy -- all incidents dutifully reported by media over these three-plus years of chaos in the streets.

The U.N. agency says it has been made aware since last year of the targeting of homosexuals, "increasingly threatened and extra-judicially executed by militias and 'death squads' because of their sexual orientation."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.main/index.html

Heck of a job, Bush, heck of a job.

[jseankil]

1. These people are free! /nm

nm

[uppityperson]

2. k&r

history will not be kind, looking back. My outrage is simmering.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

3. I just saw this headline on CNN, and it turned my stomach

How exactly are we "liberating" these people?

Meanwhile, our president is bumbling spitting and groping his way around Europe. WTF?

[UrbScotty]

4. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[leftchick]

5. I am sure it is more than that

they aren't counting the ones killed by the US.

[Mandate My Ass]

7. that's my thinking too

some have been covered up and thus not reported.:cry:

[bennywhale]

6. Ok, how long before this kill rate outsrips anything done by

that bastard Saddam.

Why why why, if you are going to illegally invade and occupy a country do you not have a fucking plan???????

These incompetent lunatics are running the fucking world man??????

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. This is what they planned

They are destroying Iraq deliberately. Someday it will be called genocide.

[arcane1]

10. sounds like the plan is going splendidly...

kill or imprison all of the men, and cause wide-spread stillbirths through DU poisoning... sit back and wait and soon there is no more resistance

evil fucking people....

[arcane1]

9. that is bullshit, and you KNOW IT!!!

14,000 Iraqis were "liberated" in 2006

:sarcasm:

[UpInArms]

11. have I said how much I hate the BFEE lately?

[rodeodance]

12. we have clean hands as they are killing themselves/each other.

--so goes the logic.

[LibDemAlways]

13. And the year's far from over.

The chimp could be shown graphic photos of each and every corpse and his message would be the same: "Gotta stay the course. Makin progress. No cut and run." As long as it's not his ass on the line and huge corporations are benefitting, he doesn't care how much carnage there is. As Snow Job famously said, "It's a number."

[tinfoil tiaras]

14. God damn, if this is "freedom" then what do you call oppression...nt.

[RedEarth]

15. Keep in mind, this is the equivalent of 140,000 people in the US

....and there's six months to go.

[AFSCME girl]

20. Thank you for the comparison, RedEarth...

it is so very sad...:cry: I cannot describe how much I hate the BFEE!!

AFSCME girl

[OKNancy]

16. kick

[Robbien]

17. Iraq Civilian Toll Spikes to Almost 6,000 (in May and June alone)

UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 6,000 civilians were slain across Iraq in May and June, a spike in deaths that coincided with rising sectarian attacks across the country, the United Nations said Tuesday.

. . .

According to the report, 2,669 civilians were killed in May and 3,149 were killed in June. Those numbers combined two counts: from the Ministry of Health, which records deaths reported by hospitals; and the Medico-Legal Institute in Baghdad, which tallies the unidentified bodies it receives.

The report charts a month-by-month increase in the number of civilians killed, from 710 in January to 1,129 in April. In the first six months of the year, it said 14,338 people had been killed.

The report's figures were higher than some other counts, but even the U.N. said many killings go unreported.


http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.56958.html

[Az_lefty]

18. eventually the population will be down to a manageable number.

:sarcasm:

[VegasWolf]

19. They died for a good cause - Bush's OIL.

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[OneBlueSky]

21. and it's only July . . . n/t

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