[quote=“Fred”]Ooops I have made an error. I have been claiming that 15,000 Iraqis have been killed as a result of the war and occupation. I have errored on the side of exaggeration…
The human rights organization Amnesty International, based in London, estimated in March that more than 10,000 Iraqi civilians had been killed “as a direct result of military intervention in Iraq, either during the war or during the subsequent occupation.”
AI is naturally a sympathetic Bush loyalist organization that would be keen to minimize any deaths. Perhaps the real number therefore is closer to 5,000?[/quote]
Just to give it some perspective:
[quote]Surveys pointing to high civilian death toll in Iraq
Preliminary reports suggest casualties well above the Gulf War.
By Peter Ford | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BAGHDAD - Evidence is mounting to suggest that between 5,000 and 10,000 Iraqi civilians may have died during the recent war, according to researchers involved in independent surveys of the country.
None of the local and foreign researchers were willing to speak for the record, however, until their tallies are complete.
[color=red]Such a range would make the Iraq war the deadliest campaign for noncombatants that US forces have fought since Vietnam.[/color]
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csmonitor.com/2003/0522/p01s02-woiq.html