More Violence In Iraq

Violence `spiking' all over Iraq
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS AS DECISIONS NEAR ON NATION'S FUTURE
By Hannah Allam and Zaineb Obeid
McClatchy Baghdad Bureau via MercuryNews

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis are dying in record numbers and fleeing by the tens of thousands from an anarchic nation where armed men rule the streets and there's little faith in government institutions, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday.

The 3,709 Iraqis killed in October was the highest monthly toll since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Hundreds of the bodies turned up bound and blindfolded, with signs of torture and execution-style killings.

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