Six thousand bodies!

According to the Iraqi Health Ministry, up to 6,000 bodies have been received by Baghdad's main mortuary this year alone. Most of the bodies were believed to be killed in sectarian killings. The numbers have increased each month with 1,068 in January, 1,110 in February, 1,294 in March, 1,155 in April, and 1,298 in May.

The numbers are expected to increase in the next month.