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RDixon · 09-09-06, 09:31 AM

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15474438.htm

" In a distinction previously undisclosed, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said Friday that the United States is including in its tabulations of sectarian violence only deaths of individuals killed in drive-by shootings or by torture and execution.

That has allowed U.S. officials to boast that the number of deaths from sectarian violence in Baghdad declined by more than 52 percent in August over July. "

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RDixon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,742	U.S. count of Baghdad deaths excludes car bombs, mortar attacks http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15474438.htm " In a distinction previously undisclosed, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said Friday that the United States is including in its tabulations of sectarian violence only deaths of individuals killed in drive-by shootings or by torture and execution. That has allowed U.S. officials to boast that the number of deaths from sectarian violence in Baghdad declined by more than 52 percent in August over July. "