Iraqi officials report 16,273 deaths (in 2006)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_casualty_count_1

Iraqi officials report 16,273 deaths

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Government officials on Monday reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure larger than an independent Associated Press count for the year by more than 2,500.
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The tabulation by the Iraqi ministries of Health, Defense and Interior, showed that 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police and 627 soldiers were killed in the violence that raged in the country last year.

The Associated Press accounting, gleaned from daily news reports from Baghdad, arrived at a total of 13,738 deaths.

The
United Nations has said as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day, which translates into 36,500 deaths annually

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. I could buy this number for Baghdad alone

but for the whole country?

Nope. Not even an approximation. Unless all the news outlets are far, far off.

[dave_p]

3. Towards the million

The Lancet data suggest something like 180,000 violent deaths in the first half of 2006, with a consistently rising trend since the invasion. Since the second half of the year looks like being far bloodier than the first, we could be looking at more than 400,000 killings last year alone, and 800,000 since March 2003. At this rate we'll be at the million by mid-summer.

They're difficult numbers to comprehend, and I'd like to find that they're wrong. But so far no-ine's managed to discredit the research.

[struggle4progress]

6. You're probably right. I can find Baghdad morgue data for most of 2006

excepting Jan, Feb, May, and Nov. The total for the remaining eight (8) months is about 12000 deaths. Prorating this by 12/8 = 3/2 gives a Baghdad death total around 18000 for 2006. As far as I can tell, country-wide death totals are running close to twice the Baghdad levels. This would give around 36000 deaths in 2006, which is close to the UN estimate.

16,273 deaths reported in Iraq in 2006
LAUREN FRAYER
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - As enraged crowds protested the hanging of Saddam Hussein across Iraq's Sunni heartland Monday, government officials reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure larger than an independent Associated Press count for the year by more than 2,500. The tabulation by the Iraqi ministries of Health, Defense and Interior, showed that 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police and 627 soldiers were killed in the violence that raged in the country last year. The Associated Press accounting, gleaned from daily news reports from Baghdad, arrived at a total of 13,738 deaths. The United Nations has said as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day, which translates into 36,500 deaths annually ...
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/16363039.htm

Civilian Toll In December Put at 1,930
Reuters
Tuesday, January 2, 2007; Page A12
BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 -- The number of Iraqi civilians killed in political violence edged to a new monthly high of 1,930 in December after a big leap in November, data from Interior Ministry officials showed Tuesday.
The statistics, widely viewed as a partial record of violent deaths, showed that 12,320 civilians were killed during 2006 in what officials classified as "terrorist" violence, half of them in the last four months.
All such statistics are controversial in Iraq. The United Nations had reported 3,700 civilian deaths during October, based on data from the Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue ...
The government has stopped publishing its own figures and has barred its officials from giving out such data ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100755.html

Baghdad morgue took 1,600 bodies in October
Baghdad, 13 November 2006 (Gulf News)
Around 1,600 bodies were taken into Baghdad's morgue during the month of October, an official of the morgue said on Sunday ...
The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that 85 per cent of October’s bodies had died violently ...
http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/11750

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 5
05 Oct 2006 13:21:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
... BAGHDAD - The Baghdad morgue said it had received 1,440 bodies in September, roughly 85 percent of whom were victims of violence. This was a drop on the 1,550 it reported in August and the 1,815 in July ... http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM530810.htm

Baghdad plans big expansion of city morgue
With death counts high, Health Ministry plans to raise capacity to 250 corpses a day
Ellen Knickmeyer, Washington Post
Friday, September 8, 2006
(09-08) 04:00 PST Baghdad -- Baghdad's morgue almost tripled its count for violent deaths in Iraq's capital during August, reporting 1,536 on Thursday, up from a previous report of 550 ... Separately, the Health Ministry confirmed Thursday that it plans to construct two new branch morgues in Baghdad and add doctors and refrigerator units to raise capacity to as many as 250 corpses a day ... Since the spring, as sectarian violence has mounted, monthly counts of civilian casualties have reached the highest levels of the war, topping 1,800 at the Baghdad morgue in July. At least 3,438 Iraqis were killed across the country that month, according to Iraqi government figures ...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/08/MNGI9L1IR91.DTL

Baghdad Morgue Tallies 1,815 Bodies in July
As Violence Spikes, U.S. Puts Onus on Iraqis in Second Phase of Crackdown
By Andy Mosher
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 10, 2006; Page A20
BAGHDAD, Aug. 9 -- ... The Baghdad morgue took in 1,815 bodies during July, news services quoted the facility's assistant manager, Abdul Razzaq al-Obeidi, as saying. The previous month's tally was 1,595. Obeidi estimated that as many as 90 percent of the total died violent deaths ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901773.html

Israeli attack on Lebanon threatens to engulf entire Middle East in war
... Last week it was reported that 1,595 bodies had been brought to the Baghdad morgue during June, the largest monthly death toll yet in the escalating civil strife ...
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jul2006/mide-j15.shtml

Iraq: President Calls For Unity As Death Toll Rises In Baghdad
Thursday, May 11, 2006
PRAGUE, May 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) –- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has appealed to Iraq's feuding factions to unite and stop the sectarian killings that have swept the country in recent months ... Talabani said the reprisals, along with insurgent attacks and crime, killed at least 1,091 Iraqis in Baghdad alone last month. And he noted that that figure from the Baghdad morgue is likely a low estimate. Many other people disappear without a trace ...
http://www.rferl.org/features/authors/recknagel.asp

IRAQ:
Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily
Dahr Jamail and Arkan Hamed
BAGHDAD, Apr 14 (IPS) - ... the central morgue in Baghdad ... is receiving a minimum of 60 bodies a day and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS on condition of anonymity. "The average is probably over 85," said the employee on the morning of April 12 ...
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32897

Execution Victims Spike at Baghdad Morgue
Ex-Envoy: Execution Victims Spike at Baghdad Morgue
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 3, 2006; A10
... An international official in Baghdad who is familiar with the tabulation of the death toll .. and .. who spoke on condition he not be identified further ... said morgue officials and others acceded to the reduced official count because they feared the militias, the death squads and the government ...
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari said .. 379 people had been killed since Feb. 22, and .. described as inaccurate .. a Washington Post report that put the death toll at 1,300. The Post's tally was provided by a morgue worker, and an international human rights official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the source's job entailed close familiarity with the number of bodies the facility received. The acting director of the morgue, Qais Hassan, also denied The Post's figure. ... Hassan began running the morgue when the director, Faik Bakir, fled the country a few months ago after being threatened over the release of morgue information seen as linking many killings to death squads, officials said ...
http://zfacts.com/p/256.html

[Spoon]

2. That's about 10x the murder rate of the USA

to put it in perspective. Insane.

[HuffleClaw]

4. suuuuuuure

just more propaganda trying desperately to ignore the TRUTH.

[Imagevision]

5. That's horseshit! - 3000+ Iraqi civilians are killed monthly! - 3500+ in Oct. alone!

[Heidi]

7. Kick.

:kick:

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Iraqi Officials Report 16,273 Deaths

January 1, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Government officials on Monday reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure larger than an independent Associated Press count for the year by more than 2,500.

The tabulation by the Iraqi ministries of Health, Defense and Interior, showed that 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police and 627 soldiers were killed in the violence that raged in the country last year.

The Associated Press accounting, gleaned from daily news reports from Baghdad, arrived at a total of 13,738 deaths.

The United Nations has said as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day, which translates into 36,500 deaths annually

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-casualty-count,0,4005167.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

How many more Iraqis will Bush have to liberate before he's satisfied?

[Xipe Totec]

9. The killings will continue until you start liking us

:sarcasm:

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10. Iraqi officials are Bushco officials -- we say jump and they smile and say how high....

[superconnected]

11. A horribly high number at 16k. I know it's a lie.

16 thousand is WAAAY too much. Do the people who dumbed this number down actually believe that's acceptable? Or is the real number so high they've lost the ability to know what's acceptable?

Under 1000, maybe. 16000 No FUCKING WAY BUSHCO.

It's not an acceptable death rate by anyone but huns.