http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_civilian_deaths "BAGHDAD - Execution-style killings, not headline-grabbing bombings, have been the leading cause of death among civilians in the Iraq war, a study released Wednesday shows. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, point to the brutal sectarian nature of the conflict, where death squads once roamed the streets hunting down members of the rival Muslim sect."
Read more to eh...be depressed perhaps.
"The study found that 19,706 of the victims, or 33 percent, were abducted and killed execution-style, with nearly a third of those showing signs of torture such as bruises, drill holes or burns."
Definitely an interesting read though. Humans can be some fucked up animals.