What is the current death count in Iraq?

[FreedomAngel82]

I remember reading earlier the count but I can't find it now. Anybody know a definite number?

[benburch]

1. 2091 as of 11/19

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html

[JWS]

2. another good site is

www.icasualties.org

[spindrifter]

3. No death count is

complete unless it includes the Iraqis themselves--you know, the people who did not ask for this war and had no say in getting this war. We are well over 2000 of our own. We have no freaking idea how many civilian employees of outfits like BlackH2O and other "contractors" have died--but there are loads of them. There are also all the allied forces people from places like Japan, Great Britain, etc. And there are the scads of civilian employees from other countries such as the Philippines who thought they would go there and make decent pay to send home. We mourn all of them and there blood is on the BFEE's heads.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Which is sad

:( So nobody is counting them? :cry:

[spindrifter]

5. I think there are probably

figures for the other nation's armed service deaths. The private companies seem to be keeping a tight rein on what gets out about their deaths. There is a memorial on the BlackH2O page, but it doesn't give numbers or names (of course). Remember, the civilians were hired in some cases so the U.S. govt. could do some things that it did not want to be accountable for.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Best place to keep track,

http://icasualties.org/oif/

The current number that they have listed right now is 2091 U.S. military fatalities, 97 U.K. fatalities and 103 fatalities from other coalition forces.

They also have an incomplete list of contractor fatalities which currently numbers 284.

They've also been doing their best to keep track of Iraqi police, military, and civilian fatalities.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Add one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5407456

One of many who will not be acknowledged.

[ddeclue]

8. Here's the best sources:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html

www.iraqbodycount.org

Doug D.
Orlando, FL