1,000 killed in a week, Iraqi Interior Ministry estimates

[spanone]

Still not civil war mr. president?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi Interior Ministry estimates that about 1,000 people have been killed throughout Iraq in the past week due to gunbattles, drive-by shootings and bomb attacks, a ministry official said Sunday.

The figure includes members of militia and terrorist groups, civilians and Iraqi security forces. The official said the data was gathered by Iraq's Interior, Health and Defense ministries.

The grim estimate came just a day after a bloody bomb attack on a crowded market in central Baghdad that killed 128 people and wounded 343 others Saturday, according to a Health Ministry official. (Watch chaos as dozens are rushed to hospitals
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.html

[mmonk]

1. I'm glad none of that is on my soul.