Stark Iraq evidence that the military is lying.

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Iraqi civilian deaths climb again
War-related fatalities rose in August, the second month in a row, suggesting that the U.S. troop increase has had little effect.
By Tina Susman
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 1, 2007

BAGHDAD — Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August, the second month in a row that civilian deaths have risen, according to government figures obtained Friday.

In July, the civilian death toll was 1,753, and in June it was 1,227. The numbers are based on morgue, hospital and police records and come from officials in the ministries of Health, Defense and the Interior. The statistics appear to indicate that the increase in troops ordered by President Bush this year has done little to curb civilian bloodshed, despite U.S. military statements to the contrary.

Military officials have said the security plan is showing progress because the number of attacks on civilians has decreased and sectarian killings have dropped. The security plan, which began in February, has put an additional 28,500 U.S. troops in Baghdad and other trouble spots.

The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, is expected to cite such indicators when he presents an assessment of the security plan to Congress this month.

The U.S. military says the numbers it gathers are lower than those provided by Iraqi ministries, but it does not release them. But it has said that the monthly civilian death toll from sectarian killings, which do not include all bombings, has dropped to about 1,000 per month from 1,200 per month early this year.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-violence1sep01,1,5197236.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=3&cset=true

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1. recall the We do not do body counts?

[Middle finga]

2. My question is, if nearly a million iraqis have died during our invasion

and occupation, how many have been seriously wounded? Let's say for every dead there's 4 to 5 wounded, so if a million have died that means 4 to 5 million have been wounded which means in nation of only 26 million almost a quarter of their population have been killed or injured then if you throw in the millions of refugees then you have to come to the conclusion that AMERICA IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN IRAQ.