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October 31st, 2008
Posted: 12:18 PM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The monthly Iraqi civilian death tolls from violence across the country have dropped in October, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Friday. The official believes it is the lowest monthly Iraqi civilian death toll since the bombing of the Askariya Mosque in Samarra in February 2006, an event that caused widespread sectarian warfare. Listing figures from the Interior, Health, and Defense ministries, the official said 278 civilians were killed and 464 wounded this month, compared to 359 killed and 705 wounded in September. Twenty-two police were killed and 64 were wounded, compared to 56 killed and 145 wounded in September. Eighteen soldiers were killed and 40 were wounded, compared to 26 killed and 41 wounded in September. The figures illustrate the drop in violence in Iraq. |
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