Compiled by Paula Connelly
U.S. military:
2: U.S. soldiers were killed when their helicopter was shot down during a clash between Iraqi militants and U.S. backed Iraqi troops, according to BBC news.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6308821.stm
3,301: Killed since the U.S. invasion of Iraq 3/20/03
Source: http://www.icasualties.org/
For the Department of Defense statistics go to: http://www.defenselink.mil/
For a more detailed list of U.S. Military killed in the War in Iraq go to:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2007.01.html
Casualties in Iraq
Iraqi civilians:
36: Iraqi civilians were killed today in multiple instances of civil war related violence, according to BBC news.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6308821.stm
98,000: Killed since 3/03
Source: www.thelancet.com
55,073 – 60,754: Killed since 1/03
For a week by week assessment of significant incidents and trends in Iraqi civilian casualties, go to A Week in Iraq by Lily Hamourtziadou. She is a member of the Iraq Body Count project, which maintains and updates the world’s only independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq.
Source: http://www.iraqbodycount.net
A Week in Iraq: Week ending 28 January 2007: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/editorial/weekiniraq/28/
For first hand accounts of the grave situation in Iraq, visit some of these blogs:
www.ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com
www.healingiraq.blogspot.com
www.afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com
Iraq Military:
2: Iraqi policemen were killed during a clash between Iraqi militants and U.S. backed Iraqi troops, according to the New York Times.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?ref=todayspaper
30,000: Killed since 2003
Source:http://www.infoshout.com
Journalists:
151: Killed since 3/03
Source: http://www.infoshout.com/
Refugees:
Border policies are tightening because one million Iraqi refugees have already fled to Jordan and another one million to Syria. Iraqi refugees who manage to make it out of Iraq still can’t work, have difficulty attending school and are not eligible for health care. Many still need to return to Iraq to escape poverty, according to BBC news.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6293807.stm
1.6 million: Iraqis displaced internally
1.8 million: Iraqis displaced to neighboring states
Many refugees were displaced prior to 2003, but an increasing number are fleeing now, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimates.
Source: http://www.unhcr.org/iraq.html
U.S. Military Wounded:
47,657: Wounded since 3/19/03 to 1/6/07
Source: http://www.icasualties.org/