Civilians bear brunt of Iraqi insurgency

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Civilians bear brunt of Iraqi insurgency

Michael Howard in Irbil
Friday July 15, 2005
The Guardian

Iraqi civilians and police officers are being killed by insurgents at a rate of more than 800 a month - one an hour, according to new figures released by the interior ministry.
The figures published yesterday show that between August 1 2004 and May 31 2005, 8,175 Iraqis died as a result of insurgent activity.

About 1,500 of those have died since the Shia-led government of Ibrahim al-Jafaari took office on April 28.

The scale of casualties undermines Washington's claim that the battle against foreign and home-grown militants in Iraq is being won.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1529075,00.html

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