Reuters: Baghdad morgue took in 1,600 bodies in Oct -source

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Baghdad morgue took in 1,600 bodies in Oct -source
12 Nov 2006 15:33:09 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Around 1,600 bodies were taken to Baghdad's
morgue in October as insurgent attacks and sectarian violence surged
during the holy month of Ramadan, an official at the morgue said on Sunday.

The tally is the highest since July, when the toll hit 1,815, and was up
10 percent from 1,450 in September.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity because morgue officials have
been told by the government not to speak to the media, said 85 percent of
October's bodies had died violently. Most of those were men with gunshot
wounds.

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National statistics issued last week by the Interior Ministry for Iraqis killed
in specifically political violence, as opposed to incidents put down as criminal,
put civilian deaths last month at 1,289, up 18 percent from the 1,089 seen
in September, itself a record for this particular series of data.

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