Iraq War Logs 'Every Death Mapped' - Bloodbath Zoom-In From Satellite View

[Hissyspit]

Run time: 01:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0jrEFOV2dE   Posted on YouTube: October 24, 2010 By YouTube Member: DesertLaser Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: October 25, 2010 By DU Member: Hissyspit Views on DU: 1021

 
DesertLaser | October 23, 2010

Video based on this link previously posted to DU: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/oct/23/wikileaks-iraq-deaths-map

The Wikileaks Iraq war logs provide us with a unique picture of every death in Iraq. The events are mapped using Google Fusion tables

At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports (The Iraq War Logs), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a SIGACT or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout.

The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 civilians; 23,984 enemy (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 host nation (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 friendly (coalition forces). The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths.That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six year period. For comparison, the Afghan War Diaries, previously released by WikiLeaks, covering the same period, detail the deaths of some 20,000 people. Iraq during the same period, was five times as lethal with equivalent population size.

[bertman]

1. This is how Empire is maintained. Rec. nt

[GSLevel9]

2. just for accuracy sakes...

how many of those civilians were killed by insurgents?

[Hissyspit]

3. everyone is on the map

who was killed, who killed whom, who's responsible? guess depends on your point of view...

[Aristophrenia]

4. Who cares - you started the entire

friggen war - what does it matter if it was your bombs or the people defending themselves from your illegal bloody invasion that killed these people.
What accuracy - what does it matter ? It was your (American) war that caused these deaths - either way.

Just for accuracy - what a friggen strawman. Seriously.

[wtchywmyn]

5. All blood is on the hands of American

if not for a war of choice in Iraq these 66k would not have been innocent casualties.