More Iraqi civilians killed by U.S. forces than by insurgents, still

The BBC's Panorama has uncovered some Iraqi Health Ministry figures that show that American and Iraqi security forces are still killing more civilians than the insurgents. Between July 2004 and January 2005,

The figures reveal that 3,274 Iraqi civilians were killed and 12,657 wounded in conflict-related violence during the period.

Of those deaths, 60% - 2,041 civilians - were killed by the coalition and Iraqi security forces. A further 8,542 were wounded by them.

Insurgent attacks claimed 1,233 lives, and wounded 4,115 people, during the same period.

You might recall that Knight Ridder published similar findings about the period between between April and September 2004, when US and Iraqi forces killed twice as many civilians as attacks by insurgents.

Update: The BBC has apologized for "misinterpreting" the figures.