Two interesting bits of news...

[deeply_spurious]

1 - "High-ranking security and intelligence officials warned in the weeks before the London bombings that the war in Iraq had increased the risk of terrorism in Britain, it was reported today

Comments

[grim_tim]

how exactly is it that TB managed to get away with the whole Iraq thing?

erm, because the electorate allowed him to? (Or at least, thought the alternative was worse than a high body count)
/cynical

[deeply_spurious]

Ya I know... just moaning.
There are good reasons for the electorate wanting to keep the Tories out... but I was more thinking about how he managed to avoid having to resign (personally I mean) well before the election.

[deeply_spurious]

I know :(
Largely because of the horrendousness of the alternative (see above)...

[lupercal]

It equates to approximately one in every 1,000 Iraqis being killed since March 2003. Roughly the equivelent to the death toll of the London Bombings every day since the invasion.

37% of deaths were caused by the US-led forces may cause dismay among Western governments, especially as only 9% are attributed to insurgents.
But even if another 11% attributed to "unknown agents" is included in the second figure, the report says coalition forces are still the main cause of death. And they aren't even targetting civilians..