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BAGHDAD,
March 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,103 Iraqis were killed and 2,280
others were injured in terrorist attacks and violence in February in
Iraq, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the UN Assistance
Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
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1,103 people killed in Iraq violence in February: UN
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BAGHDAD, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,103 Iraqis
were killed and 2,280 others were injured in terrorist attacks and
violence in February in Iraq, according to a statement issued on Sunday
by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
The statement said that 611 civilians, including 30 policemen, and
492 Iraqi security forces personnel were killed, while 1,353 civilians
including 29 policemen were wounded. An additional 927 security members
were wounded in terrorist and violent acts during the month.
The UNAMI excluded the casualties in Anbar province where fierce
clashes flared up after Iraqi police dismantled an anti- government
protest site outside Ramadi in late December 2013, the statement said.
"In general, UNAMI has been hindered in effectively verifying
casualties in conflict areas. The figures reported have to be considered
as the absolute minimum," the statement said.
It added that there are unknown persons who have died from secondary
effects of violence after having fled their homes due to exposure to the
elements, lack of water, food, medicine and health care.
The statement said that the Iraqi capital of Baghdad was the worst
affected province with 1,204 civilian casualties (329 killed, 875
injured). While the provinces of Diyala, Salahudin and Nineveh followed
in the list.
"Daily terrorist attacks perpetrated by ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq
and Levant, which later changed to Islamic State) continue to
deliberately target all Iraqis. There are also concerning reports of a
number of revenge killings by armed groups in areas recently liberated
from ISIL," the statement quoted UN envoy and UNAMI chief Nickolay
Mladenov as saying.
Mladenov also said that military solution would be impossible to solve the ISIL problem in the country.
"I therefore welcome the consistent calls for unity by the President,
the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament. Any effort to achieve
unity through reconciliation must be based on the constitution and the
full participation of political, religious and community leaders from
across Iraq," Mladenov added.
The security situation in the country has drastically deteriorated
since June, when bloody clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces
and hundreds of militants from the Islamic State (IS).
The militants took control of the country's northern city of Mosul
and later seized swathes of territories after Iraqi security forces
abandoned their posts in Nineveh and other predominantly Sunni
provinces.
Earlier, a UN report said that 2014 has witnessed some of the worst
violence in years, leaving at least 12,282 civilians killed and 23,126
others injured, making it the deadliest year since the flare-up of
sectarian violence in 2006-2007, according to a recent UN report.
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