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| UN: 703 Iraqis killed in violence in January |
| 2014-03-02 |
| The United Nations says a total of 703 Iraqis have been killed due to violence in February, excluding deaths of insurgents and those from an embattled western province. The figures issued Saturday by the UN’s mission to Iraq show that 564 civilians and 139 members of the security forces were killed last January. UNAMI added that 1,381 more Iraqis, including 1,179 civilians, were wounded. The capital, Baghdad, was the worst affected with 239 people killed. The death toll for January stood at 733, also excluding Anbar province, fighting is ongoing between security forces and Al Qaeda-linked militants. The statement cited problems in verifying “the status of those killed and injured as civilians.” Both statements also did not give a figure for militant death. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 703, Hemingway. Seven-hundred and three. Or 733, excluding Anbar province. That's seven hundred and thirty-three. You do know where Anbar province is is, right? I know - there's a bunch of numbers in there. Scary, huh? Far easier to spit out rote phrases. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-03-02 15:03 |
| #2 709? Is that all? The Moslems need to work harder. |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2014-03-02 06:14 |
| #1 Sometimes I wonder: was Bush II a moron, or was general Sunni-Shia war his real goal? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-02 05:30 |