IRememberDBoon Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Violence killed nearly 6,600 Iraqi civilians during July and August, while more than 8,000 were wounded, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq. More than 20,600 Iraqi civilians have died in attacks so far this year, according to UNAMI. The carnage included a string of execution-style slayings, mortar and rocket attacks as well as suicide bombings apparently targeting civilians. Most of the killings detailed in the report released Wednesday happened in Baghdad. The data was based on information provided by Iraq's Ministry of Health and the Baghdad morgue. The report said a reduction in casualties in Baghdad between July and August may reflect "a degree of improved security" as a result of Operation Together Forward -- a security clampdown conducted by U.S. and Iraqi forces in several city neighborhoods. There were 2,884 civilians killed in Baghdad in July. In August, 2,222 people were killed, according to the report. Last month, the U.S. military reported a dramatic drop in the number of murders, but it has since said that its figures did not include people killed by bombs, mortars or other mass attacks. (Full story) The new U.N. report came on a day of suicide attacks, bombings and the discovery of more bodies -- as well as the first day of the school year for Iraq's children.(Full Story) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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JUDE Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Mad props to Sir S. for the Bat Signal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Here's something else: According to the LA Times, in a recent sympathetic press pep rally: "[President Bush] professed no alarm about bad news from Iraq, saying that recent trends (such as a spike in killings) were just a 'nanosecond' in historical terms." Also from the article: "A Marine intelligence report leaked to the Washington Post last week suggested that at least another division is needed in restive Anbar province. The top Marine general in Iraq was rushed out to rebut those findings, but even he acknowledged that he didn't have enough troops to defeat the insurgency. I asked Bush about the Marine report. He dismissed it as just a 'data point.'" "Data point?" The admission that the President, a president who told us that he will do what the military tells him to do, now tells us that needing more troops to fight this war is a 'data point?'" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Umm... If you're calling Bush a blood soaked maniac, you must really hate the bastards that actually killed these civilians. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 signal's working. The awesome powers of SirStevens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Umm... If you're calling Bush a blood soaked maniac, you must really hate the bastards that actually killed these civilians. they're dead son Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Fine, then you must hate the ones that are currently planning to kill civilians. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 if irememberdboon posts any less than one new thread an hour, the bomb strapped to his undercarriage will explode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ScottHoward Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 You're on fire. And ikol v IRDB is way too uneven a matchup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 And ikol v IRDB is way too uneven a matchup. they're dead son. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Umm... If you're calling Bush a blood soaked maniac, you must really hate the bastards that actually killed these civilians. Good to have you back, old sport. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Thanks. I actually never left. I've just been lurking in the shadows as bat-themed superheroes tend to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Good to hear from ya, ikol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j4lackey Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 signal's working. The awesome powers of SirStevens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Awesome stuff..New sig?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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