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 33,679 to 37,795. The most comprehensive estimate, the Lancet Study, is that total deaths up to October of 2004 ranged from 8,000 to 194,000 at a 95% confidence interval. |
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U.S. armed forces |
2,318 total deaths, 17,124 combat wounded (7,912 evacuated), plus an unknown number of non-combat injuries. |
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Armed forces of other coalition countries |
207 (103 British, 27 Italian, 18 Ukrainian, 17 Polish, 13 Bulgarian, 11 Spanish, 18 other) |
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Non-Iraqi civilians |
Unknown, but at least 311 contractors, 87 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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