Iraq Civilian Deaths Decline as Toll Eases After U.S. Drawdown
This article is for subscribers only.
The number of civilians who died as a result of violence in Iraq dropped for a third straight year in 2010, with improvement accelerating after the U.S. declared the official end of combat operations, a nonprofit group reported.
Civilian deaths from violence fell 15 percent to 3,976 this year as of Dec. 25, from 4,680 a year earlier, according to a report released today by U.K.-based Iraq Body Count.