mmuneeb194
3rd July 2005, 03:31
Baghdad, Jumad Al-Awwal 27/July 2 (IINA)-More than 8,500 Iraqis, including military and police personnel as well as civilians, have been killed in insurgents' attacks during the last six months. Iraqi Interior Minister Baqer Al Zubaidi said that insurgents have killed 8571 people and wounded another 217,000 since January this year.
Last month, a total of 430 Iraqis were killed and 933 wounded. The toll was down by more than one-third from 672 in May, which witnessed a surge in attacks following the formation of Iraq’s first democratically elected government in half a century.
Civilians accounted for 266 of the dead in June, while 123 policemen and 41 soldiers died in a total of 160 attacks, most of them car bombings. On the insurgent side, 229 were reported killed while 1,521 were detained.
According to Pentagon sources, US casualties in June came to 77 dead, bringing to 1,731 the number of soldiers who have lost their lives since the US-led invasion in March 2003
Last month, a total of 430 Iraqis were killed and 933 wounded. The toll was down by more than one-third from 672 in May, which witnessed a surge in attacks following the formation of Iraq’s first democratically elected government in half a century.
Civilians accounted for 266 of the dead in June, while 123 policemen and 41 soldiers died in a total of 160 attacks, most of them car bombings. On the insurgent side, 229 were reported killed while 1,521 were detained.
According to Pentagon sources, US casualties in June came to 77 dead, bringing to 1,731 the number of soldiers who have lost their lives since the US-led invasion in March 2003