Iraq has dismissed a United Nations report that put the number of killings across the country last year at 34,400, saying it did not correspond with reality.
Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki, said Thursday that the report, released Tuesday, "does not reflect the reality on the ground. It is based on individual stories."
The United Nations based its findings on data provided by the Iraqi health ministry, which collated figures from hospitals around the country as well as from the Baghdad morgue.
But Dabbagh said: "Unfortunately the report is not based on official sources."
When asked if the Iraqi government could provide its own casualty figures,The spokesman said:-
"We do not have casualty figures because we have been unable to gather them due to security reasons."
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