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12K Iraqis Killed by Suicide Bombs

Roughly 1K bombings also account for 30K civilian injuries

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 4, 2011 2:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Suicide bombs have killed more than 12,000 Iraqi civilians and wounded another 30,000 since the war started in March of 2003, according to a new study. The numbers account for 11% of the 108,624 civilian deaths and 26% of the 117,165 civilian injuries, but aren't considered final because accurate data on casualties is hard to come by. "Not every death or injury is reported, or linked to a suicide bombing as a cause," said the study.

The study compared suicide bomb tallies to data compiled by Iraq Body Count, a public database that has been accused of over- and under-reporting Iraqi deaths, CNN reports. The British journal that published the study, the Lancet, was criticized for running a study 5 years ago claiming the war had taken 600,000 Iraqi civilian lives. Other tidbits from the new study: 1,003 suicide bombings were counted in all, 79 of which had killed 200 coalition troops, including 176 Americans.

Mourners carry the coffins of two slain pilgrims killed in a bombing in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011.
Mourners carry the coffins of two slain pilgrims killed in a bombing in the Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011.   (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
In this June 21, 2010 file photo, a woman kisses the shrouded body of her 4-year-old niece, Zainab, who was killed in a Baghdad bombing, as the family prepares for her burial south of Baghdad, Iraq.
In this June 21, 2010 file photo, a woman kisses the shrouded body of her 4-year-old niece, Zainab, who was killed in a Baghdad bombing, as the family prepares for her burial south of Baghdad, Iraq.   (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani, File)
Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a victim of a spate of blasts that hit across Iraq the previous days and killed at least 50 people, most of them in twin suicide car bombings in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala, the third major attack in as many days,...
Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of a victim of a spate of blasts that hit across Iraq the previous days and killed at least 50 people, most of them in twin suicide car bombings in the Shiite Muslim holy...   (Getty Images)
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HappyHabenero
Sep 5, 2011 3:30 AM CDT
That's just sad sad sad :(
cheongyei
Sep 4, 2011 7:58 PM CDT
So much for isslamm being a peaceful religion.
brawne
Sep 4, 2011 7:40 PM CDT
Just think--way back when we invaded Iraq to bring them our Freedoms all the army had to do was take over their armories and the explosive shit that we sold them when we made money off their killing Iranians.  You'd think we would have gone for that considering that we knew exactly what they had.  Well, if you needed perpetual war to make a buck and control people I guess that you wouldn't.  We Americans are standing on the cusp of history.  We either get our act together or we don't even get the three thousand years that Egypt did.  Forget Rome--they went out of their way to be Rome.  Egypt just sat back and was a good boy for three thousand years.  We sit in a continent never invaded with all the resources in the world like some scared ass.  Don't even mention 9/11.  The next time 19 guys go to that many different ticket counters with no luggage and pay CASH for one-way First Class tickets (about eight grand each) from the east to the west coast--we'll get the same thing.

 
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