For the Record - Dec. 1, 2007

Iraq statistics: An article in Friday’s Section A about the compiling and reporting of data about violence in Iraq said Iraqi forces submit about 70 reports of violent incidents in their areas each month, compared with 200 from U.S. troops. The figures were for daily reports, not monthly. In addition, the article said U.S. commanders and the Iraqi government received no reports of incidents from Iraqi field commanders for two weeks in October because of a temporary shutdown of Iraqi satellite communications. Officials say they did receive some reports by other means, such as fax. Also, the story quoted a U.S. Army official accusing anti-American cleric Muqtada Sadr of intentionally inflating civilian casualties over the summer to discredit the Iraqi government. The quote was referring to Health Ministry officials loyal to the cleric, not Sadr himself.