Civilian Casualties

[mirthness]

How are we helping the citizens of Iraq, when coalition forces are responsible for 37.3% of the estimates 25,000 civilian deaths in the past two years?

The costs of this war cannot be measured in dollars and soldiers alone. By conservative estimates, 25,000 civilians have died since we engaged in this conflict and we are responisble of roughly 9,

Comments

[scoundrel314]

I saw (can't remember where...bad historian) froma reputable news source (I think CNN) that 25, 000 have been killed since the "end of the official war" and that 47,000 more were killed during it. I could be wrong on that, but I saw it in a reprot yesterday.

[mirthness]

The numbers are quite staggering! I keep hearing different numbers as well, and I am just not sure who is correct. It appears that no one can agree on the number either. But whether it is 25,000 or 250,000--it's quite unacceptable.

Personally, I also think we need to stop saying "collateral damage" (as the Whitehouse is fond of saying) and start using the term "civilian casualty." Otherwise, we are just distancing ourselves from a very serious HUMAN issue.

[scoundrel314]

I just checked. It was 45,000 injured civilians.