This is quite possibly the largest load of shit to come out of Iraq since we invaded.

Simply illogical.

"But what I can say is what the prime minister is aiming for is to have one voice reflecting accurate information about the statistics of those who are dying every day" - okay, who has it?

"So, the concern was that the Ministry of Health, which has had accurate figures to date, be the official source of the information." - okay, so the Ministry of Health has accurate information ... and you want whom to give the information? Oh, right, in order to avoid putting too much bureaucracy into the process, you've decided to add an extra, purely political layer onto the information:

"The leader of the Health Ministry in Iraq appealed to be allowed to continue supplying the figures to the United Nations but was turned down according to a subsequent letter from the prime minister’s office, Mr. Qazi’s cable said."

Hmmm ... and of course this has nothing AT ALL to do with the Republicans (because the vast majority of politicans who shaped the Iraqi government are Democrats, naturally) trying to minimize the damage that, gee, 3 years have gone by and we're still in Iraq and all these civilians seem to keep dying for no good reason.

Where logic fails, corruption fills the gaps.