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[The Gaea News] AP Exclusive: Secret tally has 87,000 Iraqis deadBAGHDAD ”” At least 87,215 Iraqis have been killed in violence since 2005, according to a previously undisclosed Iraqi government tally obtained by The Associated Press. Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and media reports since the beginning of the war and a review of available evidence by the AP, the figures show that more than 110,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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[AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] AP IMPACT: Secret Tally Has 87215 Iraqis Dead | AfterDowningStreet.org: Beginning in May 2005, the AP has tracked war-related casualties as reported by police, hospital and government officials, mosque workers and verifiable witness accounts, breaking down the victims into civilians, soldiers and police. That tally has reached 46,065, including 37,205 civilians, but also underrepresents the true casualty number because many killings go unreported, especially in more remote areas.

[AARP Bulletin Today] AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87215 Iraqis dead: A more controversial cluster study conducted between May and July 2006 by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, published in the Lancet medical journal, estimated that 601,027 Iraqis had died due to violence. The authors said roughly 50,000 more died from nonviolent causes such as heart disease and cancer because of deteriorating health conditions caused by the war.

[The Gaea News] AP: Secret tally shows violence has killed at least 87215 Iraqis ...: AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87,215 Iraqis deadBAGHDAD ”” Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and media reports since the beginning of the war and an in-depth review of available evidence by The Associated Press, the figures show that more than 110,600 Iraqis have died in violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

[Sweetness & Light] AP Crows: Tally Lists 87000 Iraqis Dead | Sweetness & Light: Here is a link to the New England Journal of Medicine report on deaths in Iraq by weapon type. If you notice in the left hand column of “Method”, the bulk of the methods are things that we would not use (for example, 43% of deaths are from execution and 37% of deaths are from suicide bombs of various types).

[North Texas Daily] AP IMPACT: Secret tally has 87215 Iraqis dead - AP NEWS: Combined with tallies based on hospital sources and media reports since the beginning of the war and an in-depth review of available evidence by The Associated Press, the figures show that more than 110600 Iraqis have died in violence since .its conclusions by sifting the data and consulting experts.

[San Diego News Network] San Diego News Network: Latest News Tally counts 110600 dead ...: A more controversial cluster study conducted between May and July 2006 by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, published in the Lancet medical journal, estimated that 601,027 Iraqis had died due to violence. The authors said roughly 50,000 more died from nonviolent causes such as heart disease and cancer because of deteriorating health conditions caused by the war.

[Immelman for Congress] Immelman for Congress » Blog Archive » Iraq Wants U.S. Out of Cities: Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that Iraqi forces cannot cope with the security challenge following a recent resurgence of bombings.

[Michael Medved's TownHall Blog] Townhall.com::Blog: Meanwhile, the little noted Algerian Civil War (in which Islamist extremists have challenged the government since 1991) has claimed at least 150,000 deaths, and probably more than 200,000””nearly all of them civilians butchered in the same random, brutal and often suicidal attacks responsible for most of the bloodshed in Iraq. With the Algerian and Iraqi populations essentially the same, the rate of death in this grisly but seldom-reported conflict has been even more horrendous than the blood-letting in Iraq.

[The Gaea News] US-Iraqi patrol ambushed while distributing grants near northern ...: BAQUBA - A suicide bomber Monday struck a joint US and Iraqi foot patrol in Iraq's Diyala province, killing at least three policemen and injuring 12, a police source said. The suicide bomber blew up his explosive laden vest among US and Iraqi security personnel who were patrolling in Tapo Street in Baquba city, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a police source said.

[Wizbang] New Iraqi death tally flies under media radar (Wizbang): And you were being relativistic by downplaying casualties in the invasion and occupation of Iraq by comparing it to previous conflicts. The utilitarian crassness notwithstanding, it fails to take into account significant advancements in military medical technology, and definitive progress in the way people perceive violence (namely, that its use ought to be far more measured than what people believed 100 or even 50 years ago--blame Vietnam, the evolution of our morals, or whatever, but it's undeniably the case).

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