Possible estimates on the total number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of Iraq vary widely. All estimates below are as of 7 march, 2006, and include both the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the following Post-invasion Iraq, 2003-2006.
Iraqis
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Counts of civilian deaths individually documented range from 33,638 to 37,754. The most comprehensive estimate, made in October of 2004, is that total deaths ranges from 8,000 to 194,000 at a 95% confidence interval. |
Lancet study
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U.S. armed forces |
2,314 total deaths (DoD confirmed), 17,124 combat wounded (7,805 evacuated), plus an unknown number of non-combat injuries. |
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Armed forces of other coalition countries |
205 (103 British, 26 Italian, 18 Ukrainian, 17 Polish, 13 Bulgarian, 11 Spanish, 3 Slovaks, 2 Estonians, 2 Dutch, 2 Danes, 2 Thai, 2 Salvadoran, 1 Australian, 1 Latvian, 1 Kazah, 1 Hungarian) |
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Non-Iraqi civilians |
Unknown, but at least 309 contractors, 81 journalists, 20 media support workers, and 150 aid workers. |
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- References
- Herold, Marc, et. al., "Iraq Bodycount". (ed. This is not a news organization; Public database of media-reported deaths in Iraq)
- "Forces: U.S. & Coalition Casualties". CNN, March 2003.
- Kneisler, Patricia, et. al., "Military Fatalities". iCasualties (Lunaville), Benicia, CA, 2005. (ed. Data from official government sources presented by an anti-war activist.)
- Kneisler, Patricia, et. al., "Military Fatalities". iCasualties (Lunaville), Benicia, CA, 2005.
- Kneisler, Patricia, et. al., "Journalist". iCasualties (Lunaville), Benicia, CA, 2005.
- Kneisler, Patricia, et. al., "Contractors". iCasualties (Lunaville), 2005.
- Rosenthal, Elisabeth, "Study Puts Iraqi Deaths of Civilians at 100,000". International Herald Tribune, October 29, 2004.
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