Civilian death toll in Iraq spikes in May
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The number of civilians killed in Iraq jumped to nearly 2,000 in May, the highest monthly toll since the start of a U.S.-backed security crackdown in February, according to figures released on Saturday.
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has reached 1,000 nearly 18 months after the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, making its mark on the U.S. presidential election campaign.
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An Interior Ministry official said Friday that 1,846 civilians were killed in Iraq in November, a 43 percent increase from the estimated toll in October.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 -- Authorities in Iraq on Thursday more than doubled the death toll from a Wednesday explosion that demolished a three-story building in the northern city of Mosul, as a second bombing at the same site killed the regional police commander.
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Nine people were killed in bomb blasts in central Baghdad and mortars rained down on a Sunni neighborhood on Thursday as new figures showed that Iraqi civilians deaths edged up to another record in January.
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Violence in Iraq, as measured by casualties among troops and civilians, has edged higher despite the U.S.-led security push in Baghdad, the Pentagon told Congress on Wednesday
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Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and 100,000 people are fleeing abroad every month to escape worsening violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.
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During the past 30 days, more than 2,300 attacks have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major population
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At least 23 people were killed in a series of attack launched by the insurgents in Iraq. This brought the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.
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The indiscriminate killing of civilians by death squads and insurgents in Iraq reaches new levels, the UN says.
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In an Aug. 25 story about war-related deaths in Iraq, The Associated Press misstated the average number of daily fatalities in 2006 for Iraqi civilians. The correct daily average is 37, not 33. The AP reported the average daily death toll so far in 2007 is "nearly double" compared with last year. The figure is a nearly 68 percent increase.
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At least 232 civilians have been killed while working on U.S.-funded contracts in Iraq and the death toll is rising rapidly, according to a U.S. government audit released Sunday.
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The U.S. military death toll in Iraq reached 1,000 on Tuesday nearly 18 months after the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, making its mark on the U.S. presidential election campaign.
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Scattered car bombings, mortar attacks and clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Iraq killed at least 120 civilians and wounded 219, one of the highest single-day totals in recent months.
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BAGHDAD -- Baghdad's morgue almost tripled its count yesterday for violent deaths last month in Iraq's capital, to 1,536, authorities said yesterday. The corrected figure, replacing a tally of 550, appeared to erase most of what US generals and Iraqi leaders had touted as evidence of progress in a major security operation to restore order in the capital.
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Iraq's civilian death toll falls in June to its lowest level since February, the Iraqi government says.
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The United States military death toll in Iraq reached 1 000 on Tuesday nearly 18 months after the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, making its mark on the US presidential election campaign.