New Lancet Study: 12,000 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings
A new report (PDF) from Lancet details the toll that suicide bombings have taken on Iraqis since the 2003 US invasion. They report 12,284 people have dead from suicide attacks alone. 30,644 others were wounded.
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How utterly heart-wrenching that people are put in such a desperate position that their only way out is to bomb themselves. I hope that the Lancelet does a study on the number of civilians blown up to pieces by US drones next.
How utterly heart-wrenching that people are put in such a desperate position that their only way out is to bomb themselves. I hope that the Lancelet does a study on the number of civilians blown up to pieces by US drones next.