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Iraqi Casualties of War
Iraqi family mourns over casket of young boy killed during coalition attack on Baghdad (AP) Email to friend
The Pentagon has kept a close tally of the number of U.S. military killed and wounded in Iraq Since the bombs first fell on Baghdad. But the number of Iraqi casualties remains a mystery. "We don't count bodies," General Tommy Franks said early in the conflict. But others do, and the accounts vary wildly.
Anywhere from 3,000 to 15,000 Iraqi civilians may have died so far. Behind each number is a life lost and a Iraqi mourned by a family member or neighbor. In the landscape of modern warfare, civilians are paying a higher price. The body count used to be a gauge of the winners and losers in warfare. But without accurate information, the numbers are open to interpretation.
