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Iraq's Human Rights Ministry: 85,000 Killed In Past Four Years
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Tue, 10/13/2009 - 12:55
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Iraq's human rights ministry said on Tuesday that at least 85,000 people had been killed by bombs, murders and fighting from 2004 to 2008.
Mayhem and bitter clashes erupted after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the number of people killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces or insurgents remains highly contentious.(Reuters)
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