Toll in Iraq Bombings Is Raised to More Than 500
Iraqi Red Crescent: More Than 500 Were Killed In Last Tuesday's Bombing ยปNew York Times DAMIEN CAVE and JAMES GLANZ August 21, 2007 05:35 PM
Statistical certainty can be difficult to obtain after major bomb attacks. But the Red Crescent figures align with earlier estimates by hospital officials and track with the typical ratio of dead to wounded in Iraq's largest bomb attacks.
With these figures, the bombing would be the deadliest coordinated assault since the American-led invasion in 2003 by a factor of nearly three. In July, about 155 people died in a massive explosion in the northern town of Amerli; a similar number were...
Statistical certainty can be difficult to obtain after major bomb attacks. But the Red Crescent figures align with earlier estimates by hospital officials and track with the typical ratio of dead to wounded in Iraq's largest bomb attacks.
With these figures, the bombing would be the deadliest coordinated assault since the American-led invasion in 2003 by a factor of nearly three. In July, about 155 people died in a massive explosion in the northern town of Amerli; a similar number were...
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