UN: Nearly 6,600 Iraqi civilians killed in July, August 2006

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Violence killed nearly 6,600 Iraqi civilians during July and August, while more than 8,000 were wounded, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq.

More than 20,600 Iraqi civilians have died in attacks so far this year.
Most of the killings detailed in the report released Wednesday happened in Baghdad.
The data was based on information provided by Iraq's Ministry of Health and the Baghdad morgue.

However, the Pentagon recently said a reduction in casualties in Baghdad between July and August may reflect "a degree of improved security" as a result of Operation Together Forward -- a security clampdown conducted by U.S. and Iraqi forces in several city neighborhoods.
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1. As Coulter claims; "things are going swimmingly in Iraq"