A Statistical Look at Iraq Over the Past Year

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB9B4W7HAE.html

Some of the numbers at the one-year mark since the U.S. handover of sovereignty in Iraq. Most were compiled by The Associated Press, others by The Brookings Institution.

- 890 - American military personnel killed (June 28, 2004-June 27, 2005).

- 1,740 - Total U.S. Military deaths since March 20, 2003, when the war began.

- 74 - Non-U.S. coalition troop fatalities (June 28, 2004-June 27, 2005).

- 187 - Total non-U.S. coalition troop fatalities since March 20, 2003.

- 12,000 - Iraqi civilians killed (March 20, 2003-June 2, 2005), according to Iraqi Interior Minister.

[acmejack]

1. I tend to go with the Lancet's numbers for Iraqis

which were >100K, the Iraqis were on the bad end of "shock and awe".

[Sparkman]

2. Iraq Body count dot com: 22,000-25,000 confirmed civilians killed.

[mom cat]

3. Agreed, and those are old numbers. I'm sure it's more by now.

[habitual]

4. WAKE UP AMERICA

even if 12,000 Iraq citizens is a GROSS underestimate, 12,000 people that died this year so far, perhaps a couple of hundred were insurgents, that means that we are killing thousands and thousands of innocent people....

I can't believe that Americans are so pretentious to believe that American lives are more valuable than civilian Iraqi lives. I have nothing but sorrow for the Americans that have died over this. But i have equal sorrow for the innocent victims who are Iraqi. I want the Iraqi casualty numbers mentioned in the press, why are they never mentioned, it is outrageous.