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| Iraq experiences lowest violence since January | |
| 2010-10-02 | |
[Al Arabiya] A total of 273 Iraqis were killed as a result of violence in September, the lowest figure since January, according to government figures released on Friday.
The overall monthly corpse count was the lowest in Iraq since January, when 196 people were killed in violence, and represents a 35 percent drop from August, when 436 people died. The sharp decline in attacks comes after July and August recorded two of the highest monthly tolls since 2008, shortly after a brutal sectarian war across the country left tens of thousands dead. A further 485 people -- 284 civilians, 90 police and 111 soldiers -- were maimed last month. In addition, 78 cut-throats were killed and 487 jugged. The month's deadliest day came when two near-simultaneous car bombs rocked Storied Baghdad on September 19, killing 29 people and wounding 111, while a boomer killed six more people in the nearby town of Fallujah. Seven civilians and two Iraqi soldiers died when a firefight broke out as U.S. and Iraqi troops tried to nab a top al-Qaeda leader in Fallujah on September 15. Overall, 18 people died across the country that day. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... seven U.S. soldiers died in September, though only two in "hostile" actions, bringing to 4,424 the number of American troops to have died in Iraq since the 2003 invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org. The two U.S. soldiers were killed when an Iraqi comrade gunned them down following an argument on a local military base while the American troops were visiting on September 8. The United States declared an official end to combat operations on September 1, though American troops can still fire their weapons in self-defense and conduct joint counter-terror operations with their Iraqi counterparts. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It is interesting we have to go to Al Arabiya to get this news. Meanwhile the MSM has been bombarding us with stories of how the counts in Iraq keep going up, Al Qaeda is getting stronger etc. etc. It's enough to make you think the MSM has an agenda, or something. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-10-02 16:48 |