Reply #3: BBC link here

[uppityperson]

Sat 20:48 GMT
Iraq data 'includes rebel deaths'
Hospital figures of deaths and injuries in violence across Iraq cannot differentiate between those killed by government-backed forces and insurgents, officials say
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Some 2,041 of those were categorised as the result of "military operations" while 1,233 were blamed on "terrorist operations".

But the health ministry says those recorded as dying in military action included people killed by insurgents, not just those killed by troops from the multinational force or Iraqi security bodies.
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The statistics also showed that 12,657 people were injured by the continuing violence in the same six months

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4219451.stm

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Sat 11:19 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/4217413.stm
Iraq Health Ministry Figures
On Thursday, January 27 2005, the Iraqi Ministry of Health released to the BBC's Panorama programme statistics which stated that for the six-month period from 1 July 2004 to 1 January 2005:


3,274 people in Iraq were killed and 12, 657 injured in conflict related violence
2,041 of these deaths were the result of "military operations", in which 8,542 people were injured
1,233 deaths were the result of "terrorist
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