Sunday, August 13, 2006
News RhetIraq: 1500 Die Violently in Baghdad in July
Source: Associated Press via Findlaw
Quotes: Iraqi officials: 1,500 died violently in Baghdad last month
Deputy Health Minister Dr. Sabah al-Husseini said Wednesday that about 1,500 violent deaths were reported last month in the Baghdad area - excluding members of the U.S.-led coalition.
The assistant manager of the Baghdad morgue, Dr. Abdul Razzaq al-Obeidi, said 1,815 bodies were brought in last month, and about 85 percent had died violently. The biggest cause of violent deaths was gunshot wounds, mostly in the head, he told The Associated Press.
Head shots are generally associated with death squads that roam the capital seeking victims from the rival Muslim sect. Violence between Shiite and Sunni extremists has been surging since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.
Quotes: Iraqi officials: 1,500 died violently in Baghdad last month
Deputy Health Minister Dr. Sabah al-Husseini said Wednesday that about 1,500 violent deaths were reported last month in the Baghdad area - excluding members of the U.S.-led coalition.
The assistant manager of the Baghdad morgue, Dr. Abdul Razzaq al-Obeidi, said 1,815 bodies were brought in last month, and about 85 percent had died violently. The biggest cause of violent deaths was gunshot wounds, mostly in the head, he told The Associated Press.
Head shots are generally associated with death squads that roam the capital seeking victims from the rival Muslim sect. Violence between Shiite and Sunni extremists has been surging since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.
