BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday that violence claimed the lives of 7,818 civilians in Iraq in 2013, the highest annual death toll in years. Over eight months of escalated violence has sparked fears that the country may be returning to the widespread bloodshed of 2004-2007 that saw tens of thousands killed each year. Death
UN: Iraq Sees Highest Annual Death Toll In Years
According to a U.N. report, nearly 8,000 Iraqi civilians died in violence last year.