Tuesday, June 24, 2014

UN Report: At A Minimum 1075 Killed In Iraq In 17 Days

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Iraq Violence: UN Confirms More Than 2,000 Killed, Injured Since Early June -- UN News Centre

24 June 2014 – More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq, and another 1,000 injured in the two weeks since the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) and its allies began to sweep across the country, the United Nations today confirmed, stressing that those figures should be viewed “very much as a minimum.”

According to the human rights team at the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), at least 757 civilians were killed and 599 injured in Nineveh and Salah al-Din provinces, north of Baghdad, and Diyala, in the east, between 5 and 22 June.

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More News On Today's UN Report That In The Month Of June 2,000 Have Killed Been Killed Or Injured In Fighting

UN: At least 1,075 killed in Iraq in June -- AP
Iraq toll 'more than 1,000 in June' -- BBC
1,075 Iraqis killed in recent fighting -- UPI
More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in June: U.N. -- Reuters
U.N. Says Over 1,000 Killed in Iraq Insurgency -- Wall Street Journal
ISIL Militants Killed More Than 1000 Civilians In Recent Onslaught In Iraq: UN -- RTT
UN says more than 1,000 killed in 17 days in Iraq as govt battles jihadists -- Times of India/AFP
At least 1,075 killed in Iraq in June, UN says -- FOX News

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