In January more than 1,900 people — soldiers, security officers and civilians — were killed in the insurgency in Iraq, up from 800 in January 2006. Many corpses showed signs of torture, meaning the victims were probably killed by religious and tribal death squads.
Deaths in Iraq in January
Via Laura Rozen comes this NY Times chart:
From the Op-Ed:
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