The horrific carnage in Iraq continues unabataed - indeed, it just seems to be getting worse. The Assoctaed Press is now reporting that
more than 2,660 CIVILIANS were killed in Baghdad in the month of September, 2006.
That's civilians.
In Baghdad, alone.
In one month.
And it's getting worse, all the time.
(more below)
More than 2,660 Iraqi civilians were killed in the capital in September amid a wave of sectarian killings and insurgent attacks, an increase of 400 over the month before, according to figures from the Iraqi Health Ministry.
The increase came despite an intensified U.S.-Iraqi sweep of Baghdad that was launched in mid-August to try to put down the wave of violence that has swept over the capital. The violence consists of a deadly combination of bombings and shootings by Sunni insurgents, and slayings by Shiite and Sunni death squads.
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The report said 2,667 civilians had died violent deaths in September -- an average of 89 a day. Those deaths include bodies found dumped around Baghdad and the victims of explosions, shootings and other attacks, the two officials said.
By comparison, 2,222 people died violently in August in Baghdad, according to a U.N. report published in September, which is also based on official statistics from the Health Ministry.
In all of 2005, New York City (with a population of about 8,000,000) had about 545 murders.
Last month - and in that one month, alone - post-invasion Baghdad had well over QUADRUPLE that number of violent deaths.
At that rate, Baghdad's violent death rate would be almost 60 times higher than New York City's over the course of a year.
This is what "Stay the Course" has gotten us and the Iraqi people.