Iraqi PM: Iraq will never be in a civil war.

August 2005
Police/military deaths: 282
Civilian deahts 1,524

August 2006
Police/military deaths: 155
Civilian deaths: 735

Increase or decrease?

July 2006:
Police/mil deaths: 217
Civilian deaths: 1.063

August 2006:
Police/mil deaths: 155
Civilian deaths: 735

Increase or decrease?

http://icasualties.org/oif/IraqiDeaths.aspx

The violence is not increasing. We're not in a civil war. Iraq will never be in a civil war," al-Maliki said through an interpreter on CNN's Late Edition. "The violence is in decrease and our security ability is increasing."

Iraqi PM Maliki: Violence in Iraq Is Decreasing