Iraqi death toll mounts

A SURVEY of deaths in the first 12 months of the occupation of Iraq has found that more than 5,000 Iraqis have died violently in just Baghdad and three provinces.

The toll from both criminal and political violence ran dramatically higher than violent deaths before the war, according to statistics from morgues.

There are no reliable figures for places such as Fallujah and Najaf that have seen surges in fighting since early April.