[news] 23, 000 Civilian Deaths from Violence in Iraq for 2007: Iraq Body Count

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Civilian deaths from violence in 2007  
Analysis of the year’s toll from the Iraq Body Count project

First published Jan 1 2008  
Summary

Another 22,586–24,159 civilian deaths have been recorded in 2007 through Iraq Body Count’s extensive monitoring of media and official reports. These figures, though undoubtedly incomplete, are the most comprehensive and well-established currently available, and show beyond any doubt that civil security in Iraq remains in a parlous state. Figures for the most recent months indicate that violence in Iraq has returned to the monthly levels IBC was recording in 2005, a year which was itself (until 2006) the worst since the invasion.

Year  Civilians Killed 
2003  10,077  
– 12,010 
2004  9,741  
– 10,573 
2005  13,071  
– 14,324 
2006  25,699  
–  
27,519 
2007  22,586  
– 24,159 

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[http://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/numbers/2007][1]  


    [1]: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/numbers/2007

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