Saturday, February 26, 2005
Iraq - Death Tolls
Our Soldiers and Iraqi Civilians
The Associated Press reported that as of Friday, Feb.25,2005, 1491 members of the U.S. Military had lost their lives in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.
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The number of severely wounded soldiers is many times higher. The current figure reported by Global Security.org is: 10871
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Latest count of dead Iraqi civilians published in the web site of Iraq Body Count.org is:
Minimum 16121
Maximum 18393
The web site includes details of the data base and the methodology.It also contains full explanation of IBC's position in respect to Lancet Magazine's report about "100,000 deaths".
IBC
Global
BBC-Lancet
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"I'm a war president"
---G.W. Bush, Feb.8,2004 (NBC, Meet The Press)
The Associated Press reported that as of Friday, Feb.25,2005, 1491 members of the U.S. Military had lost their lives in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.
The number of severely wounded soldiers is many times higher. The current figure reported by Global Security.org is: 10871
Latest count of dead Iraqi civilians published in the web site of Iraq Body Count.org is:
The web site includes details of the data base and the methodology.It also contains full explanation of IBC's position in respect to Lancet Magazine's report about "100,000 deaths".
IBC
Global
BBC-Lancet
"I'm a war president"
---G.W. Bush, Feb.8,2004 (NBC, Meet The Press)
