Death toll in recent Iraq violence much higher than first thought
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Bassam Sebti
Updated: 11:33 p.m. ET Feb. 27, 2006
BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 - Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week's bombing of a Shiite shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest of the war outside of major U.S. offensives, according to Baghdad's main morgue. The toll was more than three times higher than the figure previously reported by the U.S. military and the news media.
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Whether you call it civil war or not, the violence is both tragic and ominous.