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Shiites Direct Ministry to Stop Counting Deaths Caused by Militias

HeadlineMar 09, 2006

Meanwhile the Washington Post is reporting the leading Shiite party in Iraq’s governing coalition has directed the Health Ministry to stop tabulating execution-style shootings in order to minimize the number of casualties caused by Shiite militias and death squads. According to the paper, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, ordered government hospitals and morgues to continue cataloging deaths caused by bombings or clashes with insurgents, but not by execution-style shootings.

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