Bush's puppet govt in Iraq says deaths down despite new Baghdad carnage

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent deaths among civilians in Iraq may have fallen by a quarter last month, statistics indicated on Friday, despite a bloody week in Baghdad that ended with 70 dead in a series of explosions late on Thursday.

The partial data, provided by Iraq's Interior Ministry and based on figures from the Health Ministry, tend to confirm U.S. military confidence that a crackdown in the capital has slowed the bloodletting but also that dozens are still dying every day.

A Pentagon report showed Iraqi deaths in the past quarter rose by a half over three months earlier, as sectarian strife has become the "core conflict" and created a risk of civil war.

A day after President George W. Bush launched a pre-election series of speeches defending further U.S. military engagement in Iraq, James Baker, who was secretary of state under Bush's father, met Iraqi leaders as head of a group charged by Congress and the White House with reviewing Washington's options in Iraq.

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1. Just Amazing........

that the mainstream whore media won't even call this fiasco a civil war, and continue to report the goings on in Iraq as "outbreaks of violence".
How long will the american people stand for the spoon fed bullshit they are fed daily before they turn out in numbers and vote these assholes out of office in november!