"Iraqis are breathing a sigh of relief as violence in their war-torn country is ebbing"

[ProSense]

IRAQ: Violence-related deaths drop 'remarkably', say authorities and UN

21 Oct 2007 15:16:37 GMT
Source: IRIN
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More BAGHDAD, 21 October 2007 (IRIN) - Iraqis are breathing a sigh of relief as violence in their war-torn country is ebbing and the number of violence-related victims has dropped sharply since the beginning of this year, according to statistics compiled by the country's interior, defence and health ministries.

"Violence-related deaths in September dropped remarkably to levels not seen in more than a year as the number stood at 290 while in September 2006 the number was about 1,400," Adel Muhsin, the health ministry's inspector-general, told IRIN in a phone interview.

According to the ministry's statistics, between January and the end of September 2007, the number of violent deaths involving civilian, police and military in all of Iraq was about 7,100, against 27,000 in the same period of 2006.

According to Muhsin, the average number of dead bodies sent to Baghdad's main morgue just over a year ago was between 100 and 150 a day. Now, it is no more than 10 bodies a day, and about 50 percent of them are dying in normal circumstances.

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[babylonsister]

1. Those lucky Iraqis

:sarcasm:

[ProSense]

2. More on the propaganda:

I Want To Believe

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Time to prance around in the flight suit and cod piece again

before the Turks bring it on.

[otohara]

4. And, If & When Blackwater

and other mercenary companies are ousted, more Iraqi's will not be killed. This is good news but does not make up for the thousands we've already liberated by death.

[ProSense]

5. This is propaganda.

Icasualties.org, which is a partial count based on news reports, has nearly 500 Iraqis killed this month. That's a bit more than the five a day claimed in the OP article. Also, there are still dozens of Iraqis, who are not in these counts, being killed monthly by the U.S.

Iraq Body Count list the death toll for the past week alone at nearly 200.

[louis-t]

6. 50 % dying by 'normal circumstances'?

Like being shot in the face? Or killed by a member of your own sect? Cuz 'member, we don't count those.

[spanone]

7. good, now bring the soldiers home NOW

otherwise, i call bullshit

[KittyWampus]

8. that's the beauty of genocide - eventually you run out of people to slaughter

add in the extra violence and disruption causing mass exodus and you just might not have as many people to kill.

Edit- until the fundamentalists start turning on women and gays.

[ChickMagic]

9. Exactly what I was going to say

Kill enough people and there's less people to kill.

[ProSense]

10. "NEAR FALLUJA - Police found 15 men shot, bound and blindfolded..."

* BAGHDAD - Police said they found five bodies dumped across Baghdad on Monday.

* MOSUL - Five bodies, including one of a female lawyer, were found in various parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded two others in the Jamiea district of western Baghdad, police said.

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BAGHDAD - Police found six bodies, victims of violence, across Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded four, including one policeman, in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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NEAR BAQUBA - A roadside bomb exploded near a minibus, killing three people, including one woman, and wounding 10, including five women, on the main road near the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR FALLUJA - Police found 15 men shot, bound and blindfolded, in a deserted building on Monday in a town near Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police Lieutenant Colonel Jubair al-Dulaimi said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two people in the eastern Zayouna district of Baghdad, police said.

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[leftchick]

11. Partial List of Iraq Events Monday....

yes indeed, I may plan a vacation there.....

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL22104426



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Oct 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2030 GMT on Monday.

* Denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they found five bodies dumped across Baghdad on Monday.

* MOSUL - Five bodies, including one of a female lawyer, were found in various parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded two others in the Jamiea district of western Baghdad, police said.

* KERBALA - Iraqi security forces arrest Abdul Hadi al- Mohamadawi, the head of Sadr office in Kerbala and his aide in a raid on the Sadr office in the city, police said. Kerbala is 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad.

KUT - Gunmen killed a former member of the ousted Baath Party in a drive-by shooting in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

IFECH - Abbas al-Ghurabi, a local Sadr official in the town of Ifech near the southern city of Diwaniya, was found critically wounded hours after local police had arrested him, officials in Sadr's office said.

BAGHDAD - Police found six bodies, victims of violence, across Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded four, including one policeman, in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed three insurgents and detained 59 suspected insurgents during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded 13 when it exploded in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs killed two people and wounded eight others, including three policemen, when they exploded in quick succession in the southern Baghdad outskirt of Zaafaraniya, police said.

KERBALA - Clashes between police and militants left six gunmen dead in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala when police faced resistance as they conducted raids in the city, 110 km (70 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Ahmed al-Mashhadani, an advisor of senior Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi, on Thursday, Dulaimi's party said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed an automotive engineer in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb killed two men on Sunday evening in the town of Iskandariya, police said.