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

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 14, 2009 12:47 PM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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