Civilian casualties in Iraq total over 34,000 in 2006

With one of the architects of terrorism from an "Axis of Evil" executed, do we feel better about our safety in these post-9/11 days?

Certainly the people of Iraq don't. The UN this week reported that the "volume of civilian casualties greatly exceeded local estimates". The fact that the UN thinks this number is more in the magnitude of the population of St. Albert, Alberta or Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is staggering. This number doesn't even take into account the volume of soldiers on any side of this "war".