Success! Only 20,000 Kidnapped in Iraq Since January

A report prepared by a group of 125 non-governmental organizations in Iraq has discovered some shocking numbers. 20,000 Iraqis, who don’t seem to understand they are better off not living under Saddam Hussein, have been kidnapped.
The survey, which underscores the massive social upheaval caused by rebel activity and increasing sectarian conflict, does not give the number of people killed. However, it says that 15,462 people have been wounded.

The 19,548 people kidnapped includes 4,959 women and 2,350 children...The thousands of Iraqis being kidnapped are primarily the victims of political rivalry and of common criminal gangs seeking ransom.The report states 80 percent of the current violence is politically motivated. Civil war, anyone?The violence is generated by armed militias linked to political parties and is fed by the [Iraq’s] porous borders and by the delay in forming a new government.The survey does not record the number of people killed but on-line website Iraqbodycount.org has estimated that between 34,511 and 38,660 civilians have lost their lives since the invasion. That count is taken from media reports. No word on whether the dead think they are “better off.”

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