Assault on Iraqi Civilians Is Deadliest Since 2003
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 -- A barrage of car bombs, mortar attacks and missiles battered the Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City on Thursday afternoon, killing around 200 people and injuring as many more in the single deadliest assault on Iraqi civilians since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.
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An estimated 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq as a direct or indirect consequence of last year&#39;s US-led invasion, according to a new study by a research team at the Bloom-berg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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Nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed during raids south of Baghdad, the US military admits.
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Insurgent bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed six Iraqi civilians Monday, the US military said. In the Baghdad attacks, a trio of nearly simultaneous explosions killed three Iraqi
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The death toll in Thursday's Baghdad bombings rose to 202, police said, after more than 40 people died overnight following the worst sectarian attack since U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
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The number of civilians slain in Iraq reached an unprecedented level in July and August, which saw 6,599 violent deaths, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion:
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Iraqi officials expressed outrage today at what they say are civilian deaths in the wake of a massive military operation in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The U.S. military said its ground forces are "unaware" of civilian deaths in the early morning raid that it said left 49 "criminals" dead. Iraqi officials have put the death toll between 10 and 13, with dozens of others wounded.
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The deaths of Iraqis, particularly those of civilians, have become an increasingly delicate topic.
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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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The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed.
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Attacks and attempted attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion:
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An assault on Fallujah was Iraq&#39;s &quot;least damaging choice&quot; for providing security for civilians in the rebel-held city, Baghdad&#39;s UN ambassador
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19 US troops were killed in the deadliest attack on American soldiers in Iraq since the start of the Iraqi war. The lunchtime rocket attack on the military base in Mosul killed more than 20 people and wounded 57 others.
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As violence suddenly spikes in Baghdad and northern Iraq, the U.N. releases a new estimate of civilian fatalities
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The military reported the deaths of a U.S. soldier and six Iraqi civilians today, a day after Iraqi officials announced the deadliest ambush of the insurgency.
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An estimated 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq as a direct or indirect consequence of the March 2003 United States-led invasion, according to a new study by a research