NPR is reporting over 100 dead in the last 24 hours in Baghdad. This article describes part of yesterday’s violence, where 65 bodies were found dumped on the streets of Baghdad, and in addition:
The attacks came after a day that was especially bloody even by Baghdad’s standards, when car bombs, mortars and other attacks killed at least 39 people and wounded dozens.
Remember, Ellen Knickmeyer reported that these 39 deaths would not even be counted under new rules established by the US military, as sectarian deaths. All of the “improvement” in the Baghdad security situation being reported is based on this convenient non-counting of obvious sectarian violence deaths. They literally are acting like car bombs and mortar attacks are random street crimes.
A better picture of what is actually happening is in this Telegraph article:
The United Nations has estimated that around 100 people a day are being killed in this sectarian dirty war.
Many of these, however, are never found and disappear into the Tigris or Baghdad’s sewage pipes. Last month, the 4th Infantry Division, the US force responsible for the capital, started repairing exposed holes in the city’s antiquated sewage system.
Officers admitted that this would not cut the number of murders but might help families locate missing relatives.
Oh, and by the way, the sewage system still does not work as an actual sewage system, after more than 3 years of US occupation and administration.
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