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IRAQ today<br />
PHOTO BY AP/KHALID MOHAMMED<br />
Survey says<br />
25,000 killed<br />
in Iraq<br />
BY LINDA JABORO<br />
PHOTO BY AP/MOHAMMED URAIBI<br />
U.S. forces, insurgents and criminal gangs have<br />
killed about 25,000 civilians, army recruits and<br />
police since the war started in Iraq, according<br />
to a recent survey by a London-based group, Iraq<br />
Body Count.<br />
The poll does not include serving Iraqi military or<br />
combatant deaths for which there are “no reliable<br />
accounts ... either official or unofficial,” according to a<br />
report on cnn.com.<br />
About half of the deaths occurred in Baghdad,<br />
which is where about a fifth of Iraq’s 25 million people<br />
live, according to Iraq Body Count. The group is comprised<br />
of academics and human rights and anti-war<br />
activists.<br />
The group took its data from an analysis of more<br />
than 10,000 press and media reports published since<br />
the war began. Considering that the media in Iraq is<br />
obligated to focus on Baghdad for security reasons,<br />
the group said it is likely that the death toll is an underestimated.<br />
U.S.-led forces were chiefly responsible for<br />
deaths, according to the group, then criminals at 36<br />
percent, and insurgents at 9.5 percent. The group<br />
said 42,500 injuries were recorded as well.<br />
PHOTO BY AP/DAVID GUTTENFELDER<br />
18 CHALDEAN NEWS AUGUST 2005
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