Nearly 19,000 Civilians Killed In Iraq in 21-Month Period, Report Says

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

By Khushbu Shah and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 5:02 PM ET, Tue January 19, 2016

(CNN)Nearly 19,000 civilians were killed in Iraq between January 2014 and October 2015 -- a toll the United Nations calls "staggering" in a new report.

The report, released Tuesday, outlined the horrific impact that Iraq's ongoing conflict is having on its civilian population.

Much of the suffering was attributed to ISIS, the brutal Islamist terror group which has declared an Islamic caliphate across the vast stretches of territory it holds in Iraq and neighboring Syria.

The report also estimated that ISIS holds about 3,500 slaves and said it continues to subject women and children to sexual violence, particularly in the form of sexual slavery.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/middleeast/iraq-civilian-death-toll/

[polly7]

1. Horrific. nt.

[tom_kelly]

2. Thanks to the Bush Liberators! n/t

[Purveyor]

3. History will judges us very severely over what we have done

in the ME, indeed.

[hibbing]

7. While the idiot son paints

And his criminal administration is reached out to by that infamous liberal media for their opinions on current foreign policy.

Peace

[hollysmom]

4. didn't we kill more in the same time period?

[shadowmayor]

8. Body Count

Oh hell yes we did! The Lancet study says over 600,000 dead in the first 3 years. And we forced tens of thousands into detention camps - including the future leaders of ISIS or al qaeda 3.0.

[elmac]

5. All who voted for the Iraq war

has blood on their hands. War hawks should never be elected to any office.

[elias49]

9. You mean like Hillary Clinton?

I agree.

[lordsummerisle]

6. Staggering

is a good description...