BAGHDAD - The American military did not count people killed by bombs, mortars, rockets or other mass attacks - including suicide bombings - when it reported a dramatic drop in the number of murders in the Baghdad area last month, the U.S. command said yesterday.
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Wow! What a surprise!
Here is another in a long line of lies that have been perpetrated and perpetuated by the Bush administration. In order to make their numbers look better, and to show that the security crackdown had cut the murder rate in Baghdad in half, the military decided only to include victims of drive-by shootings and people killed by torture or people who were executed in the number of those murdered.
On September 1, the US had reported a big decrease in deaths.
Baghdad, Iraq- Preliminary Health Ministry figures released Thursday show violent deaths in Iraq dropped substantially in August from record levels the previous month, despite a surge of killings in Baghdad in the past week.
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Why in the world does our administration lie about things that can so easily be refuted? Are people so dumb that they believe the first thing they read and they never read the followup stories? How can we possibly expect to win the elections if the Republicans continue to lie about anything and everything and the public swallows these lies with no questions and no outrage when the lies are uncovered?