--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is your Quagmire MDIXON. Explain to me again, how are you > getting out of Iraq? > > OffWorld > > > --- In [email protected], Robert Gimbel <babajii_99@> > wrote: > > > > Nearly 6,000 civilians were slain across Iraq in May and June, > a spike in deaths that coincided with rising sectarian attacks > across the country, the United Nations said Tuesday. > > The report from the U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq describes a > wave of lawlessness and crime, including assassinations, bombings, > kidnappings, torture and intimidation. > > Hundreds of teachers, judges, religious leaders and doctors have > been targeted for death, and thousands of people have fled, the > report said. Evidence suggests militants also have begun to target > homosexuals, it said. > > "While welcoming recent positive steps by the government to > promote national reconciliation, the report raises alarm at the > growing number of casualties among the civilian population killed or > wounded during indiscriminate or targeted attacks by terrorists or > insurgents," the U.N. said in a note accompanying the report. > > In the last two days alone, more than 120 people were killed in > violence in Iraq. In the worst attacks, fifty-three perished in a > suicide bombing Tuesday in Kufa, and 50 were slain Monday in a > market in Mahmoudiya. > > According to the report, 2,669 civilians were killed in May and > 3,149 were killed in June. Those numbers combined two counts: from > the Ministry of Health, which records deaths reported by hospitals; > and the Medico-Legal Institute in Baghdad, which tallies the > unidentified bodies it receives. > > The report charts a month-by-month increase in the number of > civilians killed, from 710 in January to 1,129 in April. In the > first six months of the year, it said 14,338 people had been killed. > > The report's figures were higher than some other counts, but > even the U.N. said many killings go unreported. > > According to an Associated Press tally based on its daily > reporting, at least 1,511 civilians were killed, in May and June, > with at least an additional 289 police and security forces killed. > > The AP tally showed that from January through June 2006, at > least 4,191 civilians were killed. The minimum number of police and > security forces casualties in that period was at least 805 killed. > The AP figures do not include insurgents. > > It was unclear whether the tally from the Medico-Legal Institute > included only those who were killed as a result of violence. > > The spike in casualties comes despite the formation of a unity > government, which took power on May 20. U.S. officials had hoped it > would make good on promises to disband Shiite militants and bring > Sunni insurgents into the fold. > > Yet, as the report said, parts of Iraq have seen "collusion > between criminal gangs, militias and sectarian 'hit groups,' alleged > death squads, vigilante groups and religious extremists." > > It also details the rise in kidnappings, particularly of large > groups of people. On May 17, for example, the report said 15 Tae > Kwon Do athletes were kidnapped in western Iraq. > > "There is no news regarding their whereabouts," the report said. > > Women report that their rights have been rolled back by > extremist Muslim groups both Shiite and Sunni. > > While under Saddam Hussein's largely secular regime, women faced > few social restrictions, they say they are now barred from going to > market alone, wearing pants or driving cars. > > And children are frequently victims, perishing in large crowds > or sometimes even targeted themselves, the report said. > > "Violence, corruption, inefficiency of state organs to exert > control over security, establish the rule of law and protect > individual and collective rights all lead to inability of both the > state and the family to meet the needs of children," it said. The > government still has not pursued many allegations of torture and > other inhumane treatment in prisons and detention centers, the U.N. > said. > > By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer > > > > > > UNITED NATIONS - > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. > > >
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