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In Its First Estimate, Iraq Says 85K Killed Since '04

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(AP) – At least 85,694 Iraqis lost their lives from 2004 to 2008 in violence, the Iraqi government said today in its first comprehensive tally released since the war began. Another 147,195 were wounded during that four-year period, says the Human Rights Ministry. The number includes Iraqi civilians, military, and police, but not insurgents, US troops, or other foreign forces or contractors. It also excludes the first months of the war after the 2003 invasion.

For political reasons, the government's toll of Iraqi deaths had been one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war, until an AP report in April revealed that the government had recorded 87,215 deaths. Iraq's death toll continued to climb today when three near simultaneous blasts struck the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala. At least six people were killed, police and medical officials said.

Iraqi soldiers carry coffins with the remains of Iraqi soldiers killed during an eight-year war between Iran and Iraq at the border crossing of Al-Shalamjah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.
Iraqi soldiers carry coffins with the remains of Iraqi soldiers killed during an eight-year war between Iran and Iraq at the border crossing of Al-Shalamjah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
Family members of Suhaib Adnan, the Baghdadiya television station correspondent killed in a suicide bombing in Abu Ghraib, carry his coffin during his funeral in Baghdad, March 11, 2009.
Family members of Suhaib Adnan, the Baghdadiya television station correspondent killed in a suicide bombing in Abu Ghraib, carry his coffin during his funeral in Baghdad, March 11, 2009.   (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)
Relatives load the coffin of Qassem Mohammed, 37, who was killed in a car bombing in northern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2009.
Relatives load the coffin of Qassem Mohammed, 37, who was killed in a car bombing in northern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi security forces carry coffins of Iraqi soldiers who died during the Iraq-Iran war during a mass funeral outside Basra, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.
Iraqi security forces carry coffins of Iraqi soldiers who died during the Iraq-Iran war during a mass funeral outside Basra, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
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hybrid
Oct 14, 09 12:52 PM CDT
they just keep killin each other we wont have to worry anymore. Reply
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JonmarkP
Oct 14, 09 1:02 PM CDT
What an utterly asshole comment. We only "have to worry" about the ones we killed from the invasion onward, which is about twice that many. And for no other purpose than to channel a river of money to oil companies and war profiteers. Are you proud of that? If that's what your America is about, you ought to put a gun in your mouth today.
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osu1067
Oct 14, 09 1:07 PM CDT
I know I sleep better at night blaming Bush/Cheney and their illegal profit war for ALL the Iraqi deaths! It soothes my conscience.
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Jayster999
Oct 14, 09 1:11 PM CDT
If we had barred those idiots who hijacked the planes in the first place, a lot of lives would have been spared all around. We should bring the troops back and put them on our borders and deny entry to those from hostile regions.
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godawgs
Oct 14, 09 1:31 PM CDT
@jon I think that you are incorrect in your statement. The poll form the Iraqi's just doesn't include the insurgents or foreign military. Now it does include the Iraqi civilians. so i seriously doubt that we have killed over 80,000 insurgents but I could be wrong.
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