Iraq death toll 'tops 1,000' in July, highest in years

BBC News - Iraq death toll 'tops 1,000' in July, highest in years: Thanks, Dubya. 'Mission what....?'
Mr Busztin - in Baghdad as acting special representative for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - said the toll for July was the highest for more than five years.
He characterised the earlier period - the peak of the anti-US insurgency in 2006-07 - as one filled with the "blind rage of sectarian strife".
Iraq's government must "prevent these dark days from returning", Mr Busztin said.
There were 928 civilians killed in July (including 204 civilian police), and 2,109 civilians were injured (including 338 civilian police). A further 129 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed and 217 injured.