Reuters: Iraqi data suggests civilian deaths still rising (officially 1289 in October)

[Eugene]

Iraqi data suggests civilian deaths still rising
01 Nov 2006 14:29:54 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Alastair Macdonald

BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence may
have jumped to another record high in October, data from the Iraqi government
indicated on Wednesday.

Statistics issued by the Interior Ministry for Iraqis killed in political violence put
civilian deaths last month at 1,289, nearly 42 a day and up 18 percent from the
1,089 seen in September, itself a record for this particular series of data.

Bloodshed intensified in the holy month of Ramadan, which ended last week, as rival
Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim communities vied for power in a continuing cycle of sectarian
reprisals.

Such figures have become increasingly controversial, notably since the United Nations
put the monthly civilian toll at over 3,000 this summer and a group of medical
statisticians estimated that over 650,000 may have died since the U.S. invasion of 2003.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO149233.htm

[grizmaster]

1. That would explain why bush just ordered

that no more death counts of Iraqis be issued.