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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 01, 2007 03:46pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Saturday, September 1, 2007 09:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | War-related fatalities rose in August, the second month in a row, suggesting that the U.S. troop increase has had little effect.
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 1, 2007
BAGHDAD -- Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August, the second month in a row that civilian deaths have risen, according to government figures obtained Friday.
In July, the civilian death toll was 1,753, and in June it was 1,227. The numbers are based on morgue, hospital and police records and come from officials in the ministries of Health, Defense and the Interior. The statistics appear to indicate that the increase in troops ordered by President Bush this year has done little to curb civilian bloodshed, despite U.S. military statements to the contrary. |
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