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UN: At least 6,878 civilians killed in Iraq violence in 2016
That is to say, exactly that many deaths were recorded. How many more -- or less -- actually died may never be known, though we'll have a better idea once the ISIS archives are added.
[Ynet] The United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
 says violence claimed the lives of at least 6,878 civilian Iraqis last year.
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, said in a statement late Monday that 12,388 other civilians were maimed in 2016. UNAMI added that the figurers didn't include casualties among civilians in Iraq's western Anbar province for the months of May, July, August and December.

The UN says its numbers "have to be considered as the absolute minimum" as it has not been able to verify casualties among civilians in conflict areas, and of those who bit the dust due to "secondary effects of violence ... due to exposure to the elements, lack of water, food, medicines and health care."

According to UNAMI figures, at least 7,515 non-combatants were killed in 2015.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-05
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