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DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER

DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER
All told, governments killed more than 262 million people in the 20th century outside of wars, according to University of Hawaii political science professor R.J. Rummel. Just to give perspective on this incredible murder by government, if all these bodies were laid head to toe, with the average height being 5', then they would circle the earth ten times. Also, this democide murdered 6 times more people than died in combat in all the foreign and internal wars of the century. Finally, given popular estimates of the dead in a major nuclear war, this total democide is as though such a war did occur, but with its dead spread over a century

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Casualties in Iraq


Casualties in Iraq

The Human Cost of Occupation
Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact
 
American Military Casualties in Iraq 
Date
Total
In Combat
American Deaths 
Since war began (3/19/03):44433506
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list)
4304
3398
Since Handover (6/29/04):3542873
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09):215101
Since Operation New Dawn:2512
American WoundedOfficialEstimated
Total Wounded:32986Over 100000
Latest Fatality April 2, 2011
Page last updated 04/3/11 11:16 am EDT
 
U.S. Wounded
 
Others
Just Foreign Policy Iraqi Death Estimator
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq
318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan
1,521
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan
867
Contractor Employee Deaths Iraq
1,487
Journalists - Iraq
348
Academics Killed - Iraq
448
Sources: DoDMNF, and iCasualties.org 
American Count
Dates and sources of Americans killed in Iraq since 5/1/03 are documented in this file. Admittedly the file is incomplete, for the Department of Defense does not maintain old records. All data was compiled from http://www.defenselink.mil. If something is amiss in the data collection, please contact Margaret Griffis.
Iraqi Civilian Count
We maintain a daily count based on news reports. It is not intended to be complete. There is no agency that keeps track of accurate numbers of Iraqis killed.JustForeignPolicy maintains a running estimate based on the Lancet study with the rate of increase derived from the Iraq Body Count.
Comparing Civilian Casualty Studies
Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy explains the similarities between the Lancet and the the Orb estimates. Numbers from the Iraq Body Count site and the study published in the Lancet are compared at OpenDemocracy.net. The BBC published an article, which includes a response from IBC, that criticizes the large Lancet figures. Middle East expert Juan Cole also gives his opinion on the Lancet study here.
Sources and Links
Faces of the FallenDepartment of DefenseCentral Command
JustForeignPolicyIcasualties.org CountBBC Figures
Juan ColeJournalist Deaths in IraqCost of War

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