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Documented civilian deaths from violence: 82,394 - 89, 914

Iraq Body Count is an ongoing human security project which maintains and updates the world�s largest public database of violent civilian deaths during and since the 2003 invasion. The count encompasses non-combatants killed by military or paramilitary action and the breakdown in civil security following the invasion.

Data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures to produce a credible record of known deaths and incidents

Recent events
Sunday 23 March: 74�dead

Woodenmike? The 4000 include all deaths including training in the USA.

Woodenmike? The 4000 include all deaths including training in the USA.

They have been after us for 1400 years... we are infidels ya know.

Try to keep to the facts.

The 4000 include all deaths including training in the USA.

Y'all want us to give up? Y'all want us to just quit? They attacked us and they ain't stopping.

You have a better alternative than fighting back?

Does it really matter where the 4,000 military members died, or how. What matters is these individuals are remembered for whom they are. Soldiers who fought for you, your country and what they believe in. Last time I checked they were not forced to go at gun point. As a soldier I know the mentality these men and women have, perhaps my morality is on another level, but regardless I know the sense of pride and honor that comes with the task.
Regardless the question at hand is... was the war in Iraq worth the cost of life. Absolutely not. But, constitutionally you are all responsible. The ballot that many of you didn't cast has cost the lives of your sons, brothers, and friends. It's a shadow that the American public shall be darkened by for many years.
Although, many of you have good intentions about speaking up against the war in Iraq, I urge you to at least try to get your facts straight. It was Ignorance that started this in the first place.

New study estimates 151 000 violent Iraqi deaths since 2003 invasion


9 JANUARY 2008 GENEVA/BAGHDAD

A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and WHO estimates that 151 000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006.

The findings, published today on the web site of the New England Journal of Medicine, are based on information collected during a wider survey of family health in Iraq, designed to provide a basis for the Iraqi government to develop and update health policies and plan services.

The estimate is based on interviews conducted in 9345 households in nearly 1000 neighbourhoods and villages across Iraq. The researchers emphasize that despite the large size of the study, the uncertainty inherent in calculating such estimates led them to conclude that the number of Iraqis who died from violence during that period lies between 104 000 and 223 000.

"Assessment of the death toll in conflict situations is extremely difficult and household survey results have to be interpreted with caution," said study co-author Mohamed Ali, a WHO statistician who provided technical assistance for the survey. "However, in the absence of comprehensive death registration and hospital reporting, household surveys are the best we can do."

"Our survey estimate is three times higher than the death toll detected through careful screening of media reports by the Iraq Body Count project and about four times lower than a smaller-scale household survey conducted earlier in 2006," added Naeema Al Gasseer, the WHO Representative to Iraq.

The study found that violence became a leading cause of death for Iraqi adults after March 2003 and the main cause for men aged 15-59 years. It indicated that on average 128 Iraqis per day died of violent causes in the first year following the invasion and that the average daily violent death toll was 115 in the second year and 126 in the third year. More than half of the violent deaths occurred in Baghdad.

"Some homes could not be visited because of high levels of insecurity and more people move residence in times of conflict. These factors were taken into account in the analysis as they may affect the accuracy of the survey work," said Salih Mahdi Motlab Al-Hasanawi, Minister of Health of Iraq. "Nonetheless, the survey results indicate a massive death toll since the beginning of the conflict."

Besides deaths, the Iraq Family Health Survey tracked health indictors such as pregnancy history, mental health status, chronic illnesses, smoking habits, sexually transmitted infections, domestic violence and heath-care spending patterns.

Another notable finding of the survey was that a worryingly low 57% of the women surveyed said they had heard of AIDS. That compares with 84% of women in Turkey and Egypt, 91% in Morocco and 97% in Jordan.

When out of ignorance you stick your hand in a blender, the smart thing to do is pull it out, not keep it in there out of a misguided sense of loyalty to the fingers that were lost before.

the enemy wants us dead. all of us. women and children.
we must fight until the radical islamic ideologs no longer exist.