A boy cries... Iraqi deaths hit new high, many emigrate

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A boy cries outside a tent where he and his family are living in a Shi'ite refugee camp in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, November 22, 2006. Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and more than 2 million people have fled their homes since the U.S. invasion to escape violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. (Mushtaq Muhammad/Reuters)


Iraqi deaths hit new high, many emigrate

By Claudia Parsons
16 minutes ago


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and 100,000 people are fleeing abroad every month to escape worsening violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.

Painting a grim picture of a population caught in the cross-fire between insurgents, militias, criminal gangs and security forces, the bimonthly report put civilian deaths in October at 3,709 -- 120 a day and up from 3,345 in September.

The White House announced that U.S. President George W. Bush would meet Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week to discuss transferring greater security responsibility to U.S.- trained Iraqi forces, a key demand of the Iraqi government.

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President Bush leaves the White House Rose Garden after pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)