Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Iraqi survey: 128K killed in war

Here's word of an internal survey of Iraqis killed in the war, adding to the existing literature from Western outlets:

An Iraqi humanitarian organization is reporting that 128,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion began in March 2003.

Mafkarat al-Islam reported that chairman of the 'Iraqiyun humanitarian organization in Baghdad, Dr. Hatim al-'Alwani, said that the toll includes everyone who has been killed since that time, adding that 55 percent of those killed have been women and children aged 12 and under.
(via antiwar.com)