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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iraq-sees-fewer-civilian-deaths.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Violent civilian deaths in Iraq fell to 3,976 this year, according to a monitoring group" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-iraq-sees-fewer-civilian-deaths.jpg" alt="Violent civilian deaths in Iraq fell to 3,976 this year, according to a monitoring group"/></a></p>
<p>Violent civilian deaths in Iraq fell to 3,976 this year, according to a monitoring group.</p>
<p>But the relatively small reduction shows an &#8220;impassable minimum&#8221; may have been reached and suggests conflict in the country &#8220;will continue to kill civilians at a similar rate for years to come&#8221;, the independent Iraq Body Count (IBC) said.</p>
<p>The civilian death toll is the lowest since the 2003 US-led invasion, down 15% from 4,680 in 2009.</p>
<p>But the year-on-year reduction has slowed down since the number of deaths showed a dramatic drop from 24,677 in 2007 to 9,245 in 2008.</p>
<p>&#8220;While any reduction in the violence rate is welcome, the slowdown in reductions is indicative of an impassable minimum that may have been reached,&#8221; IBC said in their annual report.</p>
<p>&#8220;Taken as a whole and seen in the context of immediately preceding years, the 2010 data suggest a persistent low-level conflict in Iraq that will continue to kill civilians at a similar rate for years to come.&#8221;</p>
<p>The trend within 2010 was described as &#8220;somewhat more hopeful&#8221;.</p>
<p>After the US end of combat mission on August 31 there was &#8220;an immediate halving in the number of civilian deaths between August and September&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Lowered levels have continued into the winter months,&#8221; the report said.</p>
<p>&#8220;It remains to be seen whether this improvement will persist into 2011.&#8221;</p>
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