Mon, Apr 02, 2007 - Page 7 News List

Iraq death toll up 15 percent last month

GRIM DATA In spite of a security crackdown in the capital, more than 2,000 Iraqi civilians were killed last month, while 85 US soldiers also lost their lives

AFP , BAGHDAD

It was the deadliest sectarian violence in the country for months and the worst bloodshed in the small town of 200,000 residents since US President George W. Bush paraded Tal Afar as a beacon of hope in March last year.

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