Casualties in the Iraq war

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Again its the number of civilians dead inf Iraq that tops all other figures.

Casualties in the Iraq war

Below is the latest information on the casualties in Iraq. The Pentagon issued revised base figures on August 26, 2003.
Numbers in brackets indicate casualties after May 1, 2003, when the United States and the United Kingdom declared hostilities ended.

Note, the casualty numbers are likely higher than those shown because only confirmed deaths are included.

American
Combat
Deaths: 252 (138)
Non-combat
Deaths: 125 (102)

British
Combat
Deaths: 19 (11)
Non-combat
Deaths: 32 (7)

Multinational
Combat
Deaths: 0 (0)
Non-combat
Deaths: 3 (3)

Denmark (1)
Spain(1)
Ukraine(1)

Canadian
Deaths:
Military 1 (serving with U.S. Forces)
Civilian 3 (1-Red Cross, 1-UN, 1-CCF )

Iraqi
Military Deaths: 4,895 to 6,370***
Iraqi deaths: 7,784 - 9,596***
Taken prisoner: 7,300* (as of April 15, 2003)
Iraqis wounded: 5,103**

Other Civilians
Syrian deaths: 5
Foreign journalists killed or died in accidents: 18
U.S. civilians (Post May 1, 2003): 7
U.N. employees (Post May 1, 2003): 22

U.S. casualties in the 1991 Gulf War
Combat deaths: 148
Non-combat deaths: 145
Wounded in action: 467

*Non-combat deaths include accidents, friendly fire incidents and incidents unrelated to fighting.
*U.S. government figures.
“Non compliant forces” are defined by U.S. Central Command and do not include some civilians including some suicide bombers. Non-compliant prisoners do not include those arrested for civil crimes such as murder, looting or robbery.
**Iraqi government figures, as of April 3
**From Iraqbodycount.net, a group of acadmic analysts and peace activists.
Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, British Ministry of Defence and CBC News

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Re: Casualties in the Iraq war

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*Originally posted by 5Abi: *

Iraqi
Military Deaths: 4,895 to 6,370***
Iraqi deaths: 7,784 - 9,596***
Taken prisoner: 7,300* (as of April 15, 2003)
Iraqis wounded: 5,103**

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Those figures are more than two months old, and the US military has killed far more civilians since then, so the figure must have topped 10,000 civilians?

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Malik. You could be right. I, however, checked the website that has been keeping track of these figures: http://www.Iraqbodycount.net (a group of acadmic analysts and peace activists). And the figures are:

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Thanks 5Abi.

This new report says that an astonshing number of innocent civilians were killed in the first month of the war…

…deaths that occurred between March 19 and April 20. The report found that between 3,200 and 4,300 killed were innocent victims of war, or what the U.S. refers to as “collateral damage.”

Up to 15,000 Iraqis Killed in First Month of War](http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1649&mode=thread&order=0)

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You can add a Polish corpse to the list as well.

One of them croaked it today.

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Re: Re: Casualties in the Iraq war

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Originally posted by Malik73: *
**Those figures are more than two months old, and the US military has killed far more civilians since then, so the figure must have topped 10,000 civilians?
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Not to mention that there are civilians who are also dying due to the degradation of services - healthcare, sewage (lack of potable water, sewage water running in the streets in open ditches) - all of this creates long-term problems - malnutrition, decreased immunity, increasing susceptibility to illnesses etc etc. These are conditions that no aid agency, that i am aware of, is tracking in the long term perspective. How many will die this coming winter due to lack of electricity and heating? How many will suffer from worsening malnutrition? i think the OVERALL number of innocent civilians that will die as a result of the inferior social/health services over the long-term - will probably never be known.