- The figures available are reported in the tables 1-a and 2-a below. The number of Iraqi victims must be viewed as "best estimate."
- On September 23, 2004, we were told that more than 86 percent of the 1,037 US military deaths have occurred since Bush declared the end of major combat on May 1, 2003. Well, on can only say that he was not "quite right."
NB: In addition about 200 US service members were killed in and around Afghanistan since the the beginning of the 2001 campaign until the end of January 2006.
- As of Thursday, October 20, 2005, at least 1,988 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. At least 1,541 died as a result of hostile action. The figures include five military civilians. The British military has reported 97 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each. Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,849 U.S. military members have died. That includes at least 1,432 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 15,220 U.S. service members have been wounded.
- The US military death toll in Iraq reached another milestone. The Pentagon said the 2,000th fallen trooper was Staff Sergeant George Alexander, 34, who died on October 25, 2005, of injuries sustained when a roadside bomb exploded next to his Bradley vehicle in Samarra, north of Baghdad.
- A U.S. soldier died in a vehicle accident in southern Iraq on Tuesday October 25, 2005, bringing the American military death toll to 2,001. The soldier died near Camp Bucca, a U.S. detention center. Some Iraqis sympathized with U.S. forces over the somber milestone. But others noted that many more Iraqis had died in the conflict and said they hope the U.S. ``occupiers'' will soon go home. Some Iraqis complained that the attention was misguided because far more Iraqis have died in the conflict than Americans. No one knows an exact number of Iraqi deaths, but there is some consensus that an independent count of roughly 30,000 is a relatively credible tally of Iraqi civilian deaths.
- Until December 8, 2005, at least 1,819 Iraqis have been killed in suicide attacks since the new government took office on April 28 this year. All together, during the same period, at least 4,676 Iraqis were killed in war related incidents including the suicide attacks.
- On January 4, 2006, we were told that more than 7,000 Iraqis, mostly civilians, were killed in violence in 2005. There were 2,800 terrorist attacks on Iraqi security forces and civilians. About 1,225 policemen and 475 Iraqi soldiers were killed together with 4,000 civilians and 1,700 insurgents for a total of 7,430 people.
- Nearly 1,500 British service personnel on duty in Iraq had to be flown
home for treatment in British hospitals since the war began in March 2003,
according to new figures released to The Times. The total number of soldiers,
regular and reserves, officially registered as "wounded in action"
is now 189 - compared with 64 killed by enemy action. However, the casualty
toll from service in Iraq rises steeply when taking into account personnel
suffering from disease and non-battle injuries caused by road traffic accidents,
military training and other incidents. The overall figure, battle and non-battle
casualties, now stands at 5,833, of whom 1,468 had to be brought back to Britain
for hospital treatment, according to the latest casualty toll released by
the Ministry of Defence under the Freedom of Information Act. Despite the
intense public focus on the war in Iraq, especially with the number of British
troops killed approaching 100 (currently 97, including suicides, traffic accidents
and natural causes), the MoD has no single database which itemises all British
Armed Forces non-fatal casualty statistics since the start of Operation Telic,
codename for the campaign.
- General comments
On September 9, 2004, Iraqi officials demanded to know why so little international
attention was being given to the numerous Iraqi dead as the US mourned the
death of 1,000 soldiers since the invasion of Iraq.
On December 13, 2004, a count was made of what happened after Saddam Hussein
was captured one year ago on December 13, 2003. President bush who cannot
help saying stupid things boasted, "All Iraqis can now come together
and reject violence and build a new Iraq." On one point he was right
when he added, "Saddam Hussein's capture did not mean the end of violence."
And it was not:
- There were 124 mass bombing, planted or suicide, from January 1 to December
9, 2004. 1260 people were killed in these bombing, not including the bombers.
- At least 114 foreign nationals were kidnapped since December 2003.
- At least 3,038 Iraqi civilians were killed by acts of war between December
2003 and
- 750 Iraqi policemen were killed between January 1 and September 28, 2004.
- 707 US troops were killed in action between December 2003 and December 9,
2004.
- There were 130,000 US troops in Iraq one year ago, now they are 138,000.
- There were 195,000 coalition soldiers in March 2003 (150,000 Americans and 45,000 British) and 175,000 in March 2005 (135,000 Americans and 40,000 from the coalition including 8,930 British). Thirty coalition states backed the war in 2003, 38 sent some troops at one time or the other, 24 are still present and 5 are planning to pull out in the near future. The number of insurgents is estimated to be around 18,000 from which 1,000 foreign fighters.
- As of August 5, 2005, there have been 2,017 coalition troop deaths, 1,825 Americans, 93 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq. At least 13,769 US troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. The Pentagon does not report the number of non-hostile wounded. As for the Iraqis it is estimated that between 4,895 and 6,370 soldiers were killed as well as between 23,600 and 26,700 civilians.
- US women soldiers killed or wounded
Now women participate in the battles together with men. Until January 1, 2004,
8 US female soldiers were killed in combat and on February 26, 2005, 31 female
soldiers had been killed in the nearly two-year war in Iraq, double the death
count of 15 women from the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Under the violent insurgency
in Iraq, the traditional "front line" no longer exists. Thus, even
soldiers in "support" roles, where most US military women work,
are finding themselves in danger.
- Non-combatant victims
The number of journalists and support staff killed in Iraq since the start
of the war in March 2003 now on August 30, 2005, exceeds the toll among the
media during 20 years of the Vietnam War. The latest victim was Walid Khalid,
a sound recorder working for Reuters news agency, who was shot by US forces
in Baghdad on Sunday. A Reuters' cameraman, Haydar Kadhim, was wounded in
the shooting and then detained by US forces. Khalid's death meant that 81
members of the media had died since the war began in March 2003. By comparison,
the Vietnam War claimed about 70 media deaths between 1955 and 1975, INSI
noted.
- The Channel 4 foreign affair correspondent, Gaby Rado, has been found dead outside a hotel room in northern Iraq on March 30, 2003. It is thought that he fell from the roof. It is not thought that this was the result of military action.
- On April 7, 2003, an American tank fired once on the Palestine hotel in Baghdad killing two media people. The victims were the cameramen Taras Protsyuk working for Reuters and Jose Couso working for the Spanish television Tele 5. On the same day, the US troops also shot on the al-Jazeera office killing another cameraman Tarek Ayoub. This was not thought to be accidents but pre-meditated actions against the media.
- On April 8, 2003, we were shown all the sadness that is part of every war. As more and more Iraqi soldiers and civilians were killed, the hospitals could not cope anymore and they were obliged to "stack" the corpses on top of each other in make shift morgues. The saddest thing of all is that Baghdad will fall anytime from now and all these people, soldiers and civilians alike, died for nothing. On the same day the US Intelligence Services learned that quite possibly Saddam Hussein was meeting his sons and other Iraqi leaders in a restaurant in Baghdad. The order was passed straight away to a B1 bomber that launched four 2,000lb missiles on the building, less that one-hour after the information was received, destroying it completely. However, it seems that Saddam Hussein was not there at the time of the bombing.
- During their advance on Baghdad the American soldiers killed many unarmed Iraqi civilians most of them mistaken for enemies. The US generals said that they would not count the number the number of dead left behind. However, now in May 2003 it looks like the US government is legally obliged under the Iraq War Supplemental Appropriations Act to account for the thousand of Iraqi civilians killed or injured as well as for the properties destroyed and give them financial compensation. $2.4bn has been put aside to pay compensation as well as other relief and reconstruction measures. As the US army refuses to do the counting, this will be done by a small American human rights group (Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict) but this will be a difficult and inaccurate task. The result will not be known before the end of June and the total number of victims could reach many thousands.
- Ali Ismail Abbas, 12 years old, lost both arms during a night of bombing in Baghdad and he had burns on 60% of his body. Both his parents died as well as his brothers and sisters. In hospital in Baghdad they did they best for him but they did not have the right equipment and medicine and he was bound to die. On Sunday April 13, 2003, he was flown to a specialised hospital in Kuwait. After the first operation the doctors thought that he would survive.
- As of February 22, 2006, 2,287 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led war that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
- As of Thursday, March 9, 2006, at least 2,305 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,805 died as a result of hostile action.
- More journalists and media staffers -84- have been killed during the Iraq war than during any conflict since World War II, Reporters Without Borders said Monday March 20, 2006, and the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. That was more than the 63 journalists killed during 22 years of conflict in Vietnam, the statement said. More than half the journalists killed in Iraq have been deliberately targeted. Of those killed, 77 percent were Iraqis, many while working for foreign media in the country, the report.
- As of Monday, April 10, 2006, at least 2,354 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,852 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 103 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, one death each.
- US military deaths in Iraq have risen sharply in April 2006 after five straight months of decline. The failure to form a new Iraqi government helped perpetuate violence. Last month, there were 31 US military fatalities, the fewest since 20 died in February 2004 in the lowest monthly toll of the 3-year-old war. So far this month, which is a bit more than half over, there have been at least 48 American fatalities. Many of the deaths occurred in Anbar province. There have been 2,378 US military deaths in the war, the Pentagon said, with another 17,549 US troops wounded in action. The average monthly US military death toll in the war has been 65.
- As of Saturday, April 22, 2006, at least 2,388 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,872 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 104 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, one death each.
- American deaths since the invasion of Iraq have reached 2,500, the Pentagon
said Thursday June 15, 2006. The Pentagon said 18,490 troops have been wounded
in the war.
- As of Saturday, June 24, 2006, at least 2,521 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,983 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
- As of Thursday, July 6, 2006, at least 2,542 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,009 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three each; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each. Since the start of US military operations in Iraq, 18,786 US service members have been wounded.
- As of Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at least 2,555 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,020 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 114 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, four; Slovakia, three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 18,988 U.S. service members have been wounded.
- On July 19, 2006 we were told that almost 6000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the past two months as casualties rise. In the only official US estimate of Iraqi lives lost, President George Bush said in December that about 30,000 Iraqis had been killed since the 2003 invasion. A website that compiles media reports of casualties puts civilian deaths at about 40,000, though not all deaths have been reported in the media. The UN quoted Iraqi health officials saying a recent media guess of 50,000 dead is probably an underestimate.
- As of Monday, August 7, 2006, at least 2,592 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,053 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 115 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, El Salvador, four each; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
- More Iraqi civilians appear to have been killed in July 2006 than in any
other month of the war. An average of more than 110 Iraqis were killed per
day in July. At least 3,438 civilians died violently that month.
- July 2006 was the deadliest month of the war for Iraqi civilians. An average of more than 110 Iraqis were killed each day in July. The total number of civilian deaths that month, 3,438, is a 9% increase over the tally in June and nearly double the toll in January.
- As of Monday, August 21, 2006, at least 2,610 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,072 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 115 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, El Salvador, four each; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
- The number of victims up to August 30, 2006 is estimated as follow:
- United States 2,637
- Britain 115
- Other nations 115
- IRAQIS:
Military Between 4,895 and 6,370
Civilians Between 41,041 and 45,613
- As the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the United
States approaches - Monday September 4, 2006- another sombre benchmark has
just been passed. The announcement Sunday of four more US military deaths
in Iraq raises the death toll to 2,974 military service members in Iraq and
in what the Bush administration calls the war on terror. The 9/11 attacks
killed 2,973 people, including Americans and foreign nationals but excluding
the terrorists. The 9/11 death toll was calculated by CNN. Of the 2,974 U.S.
military service members killed, 329 died in Operation Enduring Freedom and
2,645 in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The total includes seven American civilian
contractors working for the military in Iraq. Of the 329 US military deaths
in the Operation Enduring Freedom campaign, 261 occurred in Afghanistan, including
many in recent months amid a resurgent Taliban guerrilla campaign. Many British
and Canadian troops have also been killed recently as part of the force that
is operating against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. Operation Enduring
Freedom saw 893 Americans wounded, with 552 not returned to duty. Of the 2,645
deaths in Iraq, 2,104 have been in combat and 541 were the results of accidents,
illnesses, suicides and other factors. In Iraq, 19,773 U.S. military personnel
were wounded, with 8,991 not returning to duty.
Despite efforts by the Iraqi government to ensure respect for human rights
and re-establish the rule of law, an unprecedented number 3,590 civilians
were killed in July, according to a new United Nations report released on
Wednesday September 20, 2006. The latest toll brought the total for July and
August to nearly 6,600.
- Soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq since the invasion in March 2003
until September 22, 2006:
- United States 2,695
- Britain 118
- Other nations 116
Iraqis:
- Military Between 4,900 and 6,375
- Civilians Between 43,269 and 48,046
- As of Saturday, September 30, 2006, at least 2,711 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,158 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 118 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, five; El Salvador, four; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
- On October6, 2006, we were told that about 4,000 Iraqi police have been killed and more than 8,000 wounded in the past two years. However the force's performance was improving and officials are working to weed out militiamen.
- The war in Iraq has killed at least 647 civilian contractors up to October 10, 2006. The death toll of civilians working alongside US forces in Iraq compares with more than 2,700 military dead. It underscores the risks of outsourcing war to private military contractors. Their number in Iraq is estimated at up to 100,000, from highly trained former Special Forces soldiers to drivers, cooks, mechanics, plumbers, translators, electricians and laundry workers and other support personnel.
- As of Thursday, October 12, 2006, at least 2,757 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,198 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 119 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, four; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.
- Four days of sectarian slaughter killed at least 91 people by Monday October
16, 2006, in Balad. Elsewhere, 60 Iraqis died in attacks and 16 tortured bodies
were found. The US command said seven American troops died in fighting a day
earlier. That raised the US toll to 58 killed in the first two weeks of October,
a pace that if continued would make the month the worst for coalition forces
since 107 U.S. and 10 British soldiers died in January 2005. Iraqi deaths
also are running at a high rate; 708 Iraqis have been reported killed in war-related
violence this month, or just over 44 a day, compared to a daily average of
more than 27 since the AP began tracking deaths in April 2005.
The number of US military casualties since the beginning of the war in Iraq is as follow:
Months 2003 2004 2005 2006
January 47 107 62
February 20 58 55
March 52 35 31
April 135 52 76
May 34 80 80 69
June 30 42 78 61
July 48 54 54 43
August 35 56 85 65
September 31 80 49 71
October 44 63 96 74
November 82 137 84
December 40 72 68
NB: the highest numbers -April and November 2004- occurred at the time the Abu Ghraib scandal became of public knowledge and during the full scale invasion of Falluja.
- More Iraqi civilians were killed in October than in any other month since the American invasion in 2003, a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday November 22, 2006 said, a rise that underscored the growing cost of Iraq's deepening sectarian war. According to the report, 3,709 Iraqis were killed in October, up slightly from the previous high in July, and an increase of about 11% from the number in September. The figures, which include totals from the Baghdad morgue and hospitals and morgues across the country, have become a central barometer of the Iraq war and a gauge of the progress of the American military as it tries to bring stability to this exhausted country. 65% of all deaths in Baghdad were categorised as unidentified corpses, the signature of militias, who kidnap, kill and throw away bodies at a rate that now outstrips the slaughter inflicted by suicide bombers.
- Some 12,000 Iraqi policemen have been killed since Saddam Hussein was deposed until December 25, 2006, the country's interior minister said in Baghdad.
- Three more American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Tuesday December 26, 2006, pushing the US military death toll to at least 2,975 -two more than the number killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
- The US military death toll in Iraq has reached 3,000 on January 2, 2007, an unwelcome milestone for President George W. Bush who is searching for a way to turn around the unpopular war even if it means sending more troops. Government officials reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006: 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police and 627 soldiers. The Associated Press accounting, based on daily news reports from Baghdad, arrived at a total of 13,738 deaths. The United Nations has said as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day, which translates into 36,500 deaths annually.
- More than 34,000 civilians were killed and more than 36,000 hurt in violence in Iraq during 2006, the UN human rights department said on January 16, 2007. The figure is nearly three times higher than calculations previously made on the basis of Iraqi interior ministry statistics for 2006. Accurate figures are difficult to acquire, and previous UN estimates have been rejected outright by Baghdad. These figures were compiled from data collected by the Health Ministry, hospitals, mortuaries and other agencies.
- As of Thursday, March 22, 2007, at least 3,230 members of the US military
have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes
seven military civilians. At least 2,604 died as a result of hostile action.
The British military has reported 134 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,
19; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four;
Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each. Since the start of the U.S. military
operations in Iraq, 24,187 US service members have been wounded in hostile
action.
- As of Sunday, March 25, 2007, at least 3,240 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,607 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 134 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 19; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each.
- The US military death toll in March 2007, the first full month of the security
crackdown, was nearly twice that of the Iraqi army.
- The number of US military deaths for the month was 81, including a soldier
who died from non-combat causes. Figures compiled from officials in the Iraqi
ministries of Defence, Health and Interior showed the Iraqi military toll
was 44. The Iraqi figures showed that 165 Iraqi police were killed in March.
According AP 3,246 US service members have died in Iraq since the war began
in March 2003. At least 83 American forces died in January and 80 in February.
1,872 Iraqi civilians were killed in March. The civilian death toll for the
month was down significantly from 2,172 in December, the highest month casualty
figure.
- As off April 8, 2007, at least 3,280 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians.
- As of Sunday April 15, 2007, at least 3,300 members of the US military
have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes
seven military civilians. At least 2,674 died as a result of hostile action.
The British military has reported 142 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,
19; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four;
Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each.
- As of Monday, May 7, 2007, at least 3,376 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,747 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The British military has reported 148 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each.
- As of Thursday, May 17, 2007, at least 3,403 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,773 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The British military has reported 148 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each. Since the start of US military operations in Iraq, 25,378 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- Three more US soldiers were reported killed in combat on Wednesday May 30, 2007, raising the number of American deaths to at least 122 for May, making it the third deadliest month for Americans in the conflict. The military said two soldiers died from a roadside bomb in Baghdad and one died of wounds inflicted by a bomb attack northwest of the capital Tuesday.
- US troop losses in Iraq topped 3 500 after a bridge bombing near Baghdad on Monday June 11, 2007.
- As of Monday, June 25, 2007, at least 3,562 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,906 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 153 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each. 26,558 US service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of Sunday, July 8, 2007, at least 3,605 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,952 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 159 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Saturday, August 11, 2007, at least 3,685 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,030 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 168 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Saturday, August 18, 2007, at least 3,706 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,046 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 168 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Monday, August 27, 2007, at least 3,731 members of the US military
have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes
seven military civilians. At least 3,055 died as a result of hostile action,
according to the military's numbers.
- The number of US military deaths in the Iraqi war stands at 3,750 on September 5, 2007, including seven civilian employees of the Defense Department.
- As of Saturday, September 29, 2007, at least 3,802 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,099 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 170 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.
- The number of Iraqi civilians killed per month in bombings and shootings has fallen to the lowest level this year. In September 2007, 884 civilians were killed by violence, less than half the figure for August. And they dare to boast about it?
- As of Monday, October 15, 2007, at least 3,828 members of the US military
have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes
seven military civilians. At least 3,116 died as a result of hostile action.
The British military has reported 170 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,
21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,
four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and
Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
- October 2007 is on course to record the second consecutive decline in US military and Iraqi civilian deaths.
- The year just gone was the deadliest for US troops in Iraq, even though violence diminished towards the end. A total of 899 US troops were killed in Iraq in 2007, the highest number since the US-led invasion nearly four years ago. The number of deaths peaked in May when 126 American soldiers died, but by December the monthly toll had dropped to 21. A total of 3,900 US troops have now died since the beginning of the war.
- At least 150,000 Iraqis died violently in the 40 months following the US-led invasion in 2003, we were told on January 9, 2008. The Iraq Body Count, which uses media reports and is therefore considered likely to underestimate the actual numbers of people killed, counted 47,668 deaths between March 2003 and June 2006. A study published in the Lancet estimated more than 600,000 deaths.
- As of Thursday, February 14, 2008, at least 3,961 members of the US military
have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes
eight military civilians. At least 3,224 died as a result of hostile action.
The British military has reported 174 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,
21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,
four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and
Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Wednesday March 5, 2008, at least 3,974 members of the US military had died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in March 2003.
- The number of United States military personnel killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion five years ago passed the 4,000 mark on Sunday March 23, 2008. The latest to die were four soldiers whose patrol vehicle was blown up by a bomb in southern Baghdad. In response to the news, US Vice-President Dick Cheney said he regretted every US casualty in Iraq. And this should justify their death?
- The remains of a US soldier, Private First Class Maupin, have been found
in Iraq in March 2008 after he went missing nearly four years ago in April
2004 when insurgents attacked his convoy. He was promoted to Army Staff Sergeant
after being posted missing.
- The monthly figure of people killed in Iraq rose by 50% in March compared with the previous month we were told on April 1, 2008. A total of 1,082 Iraqis, including 925 non-combatant civilians, were killed, up from 721 in February. March also saw an increase in bombings and intense fighting between Shia militiamen and government forces.
- As to April 7, 2008, the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq in five years
of war amount to 4020. More than 30,000 American servicemen have also been
wounded.
- As of Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at least 4,063 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. More than 1,073 Iraqis were killed across the country in April 2008, most of them in fierce fighting between security forces and Shiite fighters. Civilian deaths in April were the most in eight months. Two hospitals in Sadr City said they had received the bodies of 421 Iraqis killed and treated more than 2,400 wounded since late March. Many of the dead and wounded have been civilians, caught in the crossfire in the crowded slum. As of Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at least 4,063 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians.
- As of Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at least 4,072 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,319 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 30,004 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of Sunday, May 18, 2008, at least 4,080 members of the U.S. military
have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes
eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,326 died as a result
of hostile action. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33;
Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador,
five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Thailand,
Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death
each.
- As of Friday, June 6, 2008, at least 4,092 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,332 died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Friday, June 20, 2008, 4,102 members of the U.S. military have died
in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes eight military
civilians killed in action. At least 3,340 died as a result of hostile action.
The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland,
21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,
four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania,
two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
- As of Friday, August 15, 2008, at least 4,143 members of the US military
have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes
eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,368 died as a result
of hostile action. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33;
Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador,
five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands,
Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea,
one death each.
- As of Friday, August 22, 2008, at least 4,146 members of the US military
have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes
eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,370 died as a result
of hostile action. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33;
Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador,
five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands,
Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea,
one death each.
- On Thursday August 28, 2008, in the first major oil deal Iraq has made with a foreign country since 2003, the Iraqi government and the China National Petroleum Corporation have signed a contract in Beijing that could be worth up to $3 billion. Under the new contract, which must still be approved by Iraq's cabinet, the Chinese company will provide technical advisers, oil workers and equipment to help develop the Ahdab oil field southeast of Baghdad. He said that Iraq had agreed to provide security for Chinese workers and that the Chinese company would also bring its own security team.
- On September 2, 2008, we were told that China won the race to be the first to exploit Iraq's oil fields following a deal signed with the Iraqi Government last week. The deal is worth a reported $3 billion USD. Iraq's cabinet has approved the deal, an agreement which gives Beijing first access to the world's third-largest oil reserves. The deal will see China's state-owned company China Petroleum National Corp. develop the Al-Ahdab oil field in the central province of Wasit. The Chinese company will charge six dollars per barrel of production as service fees which would decrease gradually to three dollars. The contract was expected to drill 25,000 barrels of oil per day in the first three years, with the life of the oil field expected to be some 20 years.
- Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell agreed to a joint venture deal worth up to four billion dollars to capture gas in Iraq we were told on Tuesday September 9, 2008. Shell will become the first western oil group to sign a deal with the Iraq government since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003. The project will be a joint venture, with Shell taking a 49 percent stake and the Iraqi oil ministry 51 percent.
- The Iraqi government decided on September 12, 2008, to scrap plans to award no-bid short-term advisory and technical support contracts to a handful of Western oil companies. The companies -including Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, France's Total and British Petroleum- are expected to submit bids in coming weeks for deals that the Iraqi government hopes will boost exploration and output in its oil fields, which have been hampered by years of war.
- Iraq's oil minister met 34 oil company representatives in London on Monday
October 13, 2008, to set out the ground rules for foreign multinationals'
first chance at the country's enormous energy reserves since the US-led invasion
in 2003. Hussain al-Shahristani spoke to executives as part of Iraq's first
round of bidding for new contracts since Saddam Hussein was removed from power.
Journalists were barred from the talks. At the top of the list: Royal Dutch
Shell PLC, BP PLC, ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total SA, all eager
for a shot at helping extract some of the 115 billion barrels of oil thought
to lie beneath Iraq's surface.
- As of Thursday, April 2, 2009, at least 4,264 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,425 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
- At least 87,215 Iraqis have been killed in violence since 2005 we were
told on April 25, 2009. Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and
media reports since the beginning of the war and a review of available evidence,
more than 110,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
It excludes thousands of people who are missing and civilians buried in the
chaos of war without official notice. The figure includes only violent deaths
-people killed in attacks such as shootings, bombings, mortar attacks and
beheadings. It excludes indirect factors such as damage to infrastructure,
health care and stress that caused thousands more to die. The deaths since
the war started represent 0.38 percent of the population of 29 million. Almost
every person in Iraq has been touched by violence.
- As of Friday, May 1, 2009, at least 4,281 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,435 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
- Iraq's government said on May 2, 2009, that 355 Iraqis were killed in April,
making it the bloodiest month so far this year. Most deaths came from a number
of big explosions, and the death count did not include at least 80 Iranian
pilgrims killed in Iraq. April was also the deadliest month for US troops
since September, with 18 soldiers killed.
- As of Sunday, July 5, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,456 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
- The number of civilians recorded killed in violence in Iraq shot up to 393 in August 2009, its highest level since April, after a spate of huge bombings caused carnage in Baghdad and northern Iraq. Figures from the ministry of health showed a big increase on last month's 224 violent deaths in Iraq. The figure was also slightly higher than the 382 killed in August last year.
- The Iraqi government said on Tuesday October 13, 2009, at least 85,000 civilians, soldiers and police were killed from 2004 to 2008. What remains unanswered is how many died in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and in the months of chaos that followed it. A report released by the Human Rights Ministry said 85,694 people were killed from the beginning of 2004 to Oct. 31, 2008, and 147,195 were wounded. The figures do not cover U.S. military deaths, insurgents, or foreigners, including contractors. And they do not include the first months of the war after the March 2003 invasion. The 85,694 represents about 0.3% of Iraq's estimated 29 million population.
- The video of a 2007 attack by U.S. helicopters that killed two Reuters employees in Iraq was shown on the web on April 5, 2010. The video is "graphic evidence of the dangers involved in war journalism and the tragedies that can result. The video was released by WikiLeaks, and shows the death of Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, his driver, Saeed Chmagh, and 10 other Iraqis. The fate of two children, who were seriously wounded, is not known. The tape shows that the Apache crews were excited, and on edge. Seeing weapons -and perhaps mistaking the camera equipment as guns- they riddled the street with cannon fire, and shot the wounded as they tried to flee. Then they destroyed the van of a Good Samaritan who stopped, with his children, to help one of the dying journalists.
- As of Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at least 4,412 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,488 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,874 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at least 4,416 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,492 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,929 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of Wednesday, September 29, 2010, at least 4,424 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,494 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,964 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- On Friday October 15, 2010, the U.S. military released its most detailed compilation of data on Iraqi casualties during more than four years of the Iraq war, reporting that 63,185 civilians and 13,754 members of the country's security forces were killed from the beginning of 2004 through August 2008. The number of Iraqis killed in the more than seven-year-old war is a hotly debated topic. Estimates range from fewer than 100,000 to hundreds of thousands, and it is difficult to determine which number is the most accurate. The casualty figures released by the United States are lower than Iraqi government accounts. Iraq's Human Rights Ministry reported last year that 85,694 Iraqis, including military and police personnel, were killed from the beginning of 2004 through October 2008.
- The total number of Iraqi civilians and security forces personnel killed in violence in 2010 was higher than in 2009 we were told on January 2, 2011. A total of 3,605 Iraqi civilians, police and army members were killed last year, compared to 3,479 killed in 2009. The number of Iraqi civilian deaths dropped in 2010 compared to the previous year, but the rise in the overall death toll was due to an increased number of Iraqi police and army personnel killed. A total of 2,505 civilians were killed in 2010 -down 304 from 2,809 in 2009. But 1,100 security forces personnel were killed in 2010- up 430 from 670 in 2009.
- Casualty data released Thursday March 10, 2011, by the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan paint a detailed picture of an increasingly deadly war there for civilians. The International Security Assistance Force civilian casualty database suggests insurgents, largely through bombs and executions, caused 80% of the 2,537 civilian deaths from 2009 to 2010 in Afghanistan. The database totals of civilian deaths are about half those of a yearly United Nations estimate released Wednesday, but both sets of numbers agree on the trend: increased killings by insurgents.
- As of Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at least 4,447 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,503 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 32,062 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of today June 7, 2011, at least 5,950 members of the U.S. military have
died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.
Casualties in Iraq
At least 4,454 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since
it began in March 2003.The figure includes nine military civilians killed
in action. At least 3,506 military personnel died as a result of hostile action.
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 32,100 U.S. service members
have been wounded in hostile action.
Casualties in Afghanistan
At least 1,496 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan as a
result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. At least 1,243 military
service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action. Since
the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 11,864 U.S. service
members have been wounded in hostile action.
- Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 99 more members
of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those,
11 were the result of hostile action. The Defence Department also counts two
military civilian deaths.
- As of Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at least 4,474 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,524 military personnel died as a result of hostile action.
- As of Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at least 4,475 members of the U.S. military
had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes
nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,525 military personnel
died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations
in Iraq, 32,191 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- As of Wednesday, Oct0ber 12, 2011, at least 4,477 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,525 military personnel died as a result of hostile action. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 32,209 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.
- The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq climbed sharply in October 2011 amid concerns about security after U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to pull out U.S. troops. 161 civilians were killed in October compared to 110 in September. The toll was the highest this year while September's was the second lowest. The number of police officers killed rose to 55 from 42 in September, while 42 soldiers died in violence compared to 33 the previous month we were told on Tuesday November 1, 2011. Bombings and other attacks wounded 195 civilians, 142 police and 101 soldiers. Eighty-five insurgents were killed during the month.
- About 162,000 people, almost 80 per cent of them civilians, were killed
in Iraq from the start of the 2003 US-led invasion up to last year's withdrawal
of American forces, we were told on January1, 2012. About 79 per cent of the
fatalities were civilians, while the remainder included US soldiers, Iraqi
security forces and insurgents.
- A United Nations report blaming a record loss of Afghan civilian lives last year on insurgents and the Taliban was dismissed as "untrue" by a Taliban spokesman Saturday February 4, 2012. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said 3,021 civilians were killed last year, up from 2,790 the prior year.
- On Wednesday February 29, 2012, the Government announced that the number of victims from April 5, 2004 to December 31, 2011 reached 69,263 and 239,133 wounded. The deadliest year was 2006, when 21,539 people were killed and 39,329 wounded. In 2011, 2,777 people were killed. Baghdad province saw the highest number of people killed between 2004 and 2011 at 23,898, while Muthanna province in the south saw the lowest at 94. The ministry said in October 2009 that 85,694 people were killed from 2004 to 2008. And the US military's Central Command posted figures on its website in July 2010 indicating that 76,939 Iraqis, including security forces members, had been killed from January 2004 to August 2008. Independent British website www.iraqbodycount.org says that at least 114,584 civilians were killed in violence in Iraq from the US-led invasion of 2003 through December 30, 2011.
- Militants killed 151 Iraqi civilians and members of the security forces
in February 2012. The overall level of violence was down slightly from the
previous month. A spate of attacks on February 23 that killed more than 60
people was a reminder that militants can still cause large-scale slaughter.
91 civilians, 39 police and 21 soldiers were killed in February. The previous
month, the death toll was 177 -99 civilians, 37 police and 41 soldiers.
- At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the U.S. withdrawal in 2011, we were told on Friday March 15, 2013. Its involvement in Iraq has so far cost the United States $810 billion - not including interest on debt- and could eventually reach $3 trillion. Many Iraqi civilians were injured or became ill because of damage to the health-supporting infrastructure of the country, and about 5 million were displaced. More than 31,000 U.S. military personnel were injured and a substantial percentage of those deployed suffered posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other neuropsychological disorders and their concomitant psychosocial problems.”
A military jury sentenced Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 40, to life in prison without the possibility of release Friday August 23, 2013. It was the most severe sentence possible. The villagers expressed gratitude for that, but they were nevertheless deeply unsatisfied that Bales lived at all. The villagers travelled nearly 7,000 miles to learn the fate of the American soldier who gunned down their children, siblings and parents, who set their lifeless bodies afire with a kerosene lantern. And when the news came, it came in a simple gesture: a thumb's up from their interpreter. Bales pleaded guilty in June in a deal to avoid the death penalty for his March 11, 2012, raids near his remote outpost in Kandahar province, when he stalked through mud-walled compounds and shot 22 people —17 of them women and children. Some screamed for mercy, while others didn't even have a chance to get out of bed.
The Iraq war claimed nearly 500,000 lives between 2003 and 2011, a new study by researchers at University of Washington revealed on Sunday October 20, 2013. The study also claimed that for every three people killed during the U.S-led invasion, two more died due to the collapsing infrastructure. About 60 percent deaths during the study period were attributed to violence during the war while the rest were due to indirect causes.
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