U.N.: 34,452 Iraq civilians killed in '06

Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, said 34,452 civilians were killed and 36,685 were wounded last year.

Iraqi government figures in early January put last year's civilian death toll at 12,357. When asked about the difference, Magazzeni said the U.N. figures were compiled from information obtained through the Iraqi Health Ministry, hospitals across the country and the Medico-Legal Institute in Baghdad. Full Story »

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by Mary McFadden - Jan. 16, 2007

It's not a coherent piece. The first half is about the numbers of Iraqis killed, then it tags on an unsourced bit about the source of the violence. Who is blaming Shiite militias? If it's the UN, the same source for the lerger numbers, the source would be visible and, perhaps more credible than a politically motivated one like the US government.

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