Baghdad’s morgues received 33,728 corpses since 2003

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/July/focusoniraq_July95.xml§ion=focusoniraq


BAGHDAD - Baghdad’s central morgue has received a total of 33,728 corpses - most of whom unidentified - since 2003, as a result of Iraq’s deteriorating security conditions, an Iraqi Ministry of Health official said on Thursday.

Sabah Al Husseini said that in 2003 Baghdad’s central morgue received a total of 6,012 bodies, 8,053 bodies were received in 2004, and a total of 10,105 corpses were received in 2005, while a total of 9,558 bodies were received during the first half of 2006.

Al Husseini added that morgues are being overloaded with corpses beyond their maximum storage capacity, and thus bodies are being buried before the conclusion of the legally specified storage periods.

[DesertRat]

1. Wow. Hey Bushco, are we even for 9/11 yet? n/t

[rodeodance]

5. we have way trumped the 'eye for an eye' mentality.

[benddem]

2. and that is just

Baghdad. Wonder if we could get a count from Basra, Ramadi, Fallujah.

[rodeodance]

4. perhaps the UN Report has figures for the country.

[Selatius]

3. 33,000 dead Iraqis for 3,000 dead Americans in Bush World

A dead Iraqi is only worth a thousandth of an American with respect to Baghdad alone.

[Javaman]

6. "death is on the march!" nt

[progressoid]

7. Our loco...er...local representative (King) would say that's normal

Probably still safer than Washington DC. :eyes:

[Fermezlabush]

8. I am sure most of them were Saddam's fault!

:sarcasm: