Baghdad, 2008 Apr 1, IRIB
The number of Iraqis killed in March rose to 1,082, fifty percent up on the February figure amid a spike in bombings and clashes between militiamen and security forces, officials said Tuesday.
Combined figures obtained from the Interior, Defence and Health ministries showed that the total number of Iraqis killed in March was 1,082, including 925 civilians, compared with 721 dead in February.
The jump in the March toll seems to have been caused by major bomb attacks during the month and a week of heavy fighting between Iraq's security forces and militiamen in Baghdad and the southern oil hub of Basra.
