Iraqi group claims over 37,000 civilian toll

[leftchick]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/66E32EAF-0E4E-4765-9339-594C323A777F.htm

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An Iraqi political group says more than 37,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between the start of the US-led invasion in March 2003 and October 2003.


The People's Kifah, or Struggle Against Hegemony, movement said in a statement that it carried out a detailed survey of Iraqi civilian fatalities during September and October 2003.

Its calculation was based on deaths among the Iraqi civilian population only, and did not count losses sustained by the Iraqi military and paramilitary forces.

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"We are 100% sure that 37,000 civilian deaths is a correct estimate. Our study is the result of two months of hard work which involved hundreds of Iraqi activists and academics. Of course there may be deaths that were not reported to us, but the toll in any case could not be lower than our finding," said Muhammad al-Ubaidi.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Absolutely disgusting

We worry about 900 of our soldiers while these deaths go largely unreported.

[G_j]

2. wow

I'd like to hear other organizations who have been attempting to track the civilian death count comment on this report.

[AFSCME girl]

3. And for what?! n/t

:mad:

[VolcanoJen]

4. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion within the original LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=719549

Thanks!

VolcanoJen
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