Reuters, 06 January 2006
Two U.S. soldiers were among the scores of Iraqis killed in a Ramadi suicide bombing on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
Two more were killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Thursday, the military said.
The following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, in line with the most recent information from the U.S. military.
U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 2,191
Britain 98
Other nations 94
IRAQIS:
MILITARY Between 4,895 and 6,370#
CIVILIANS Between 27,736 and 31,263*
# = Think-tank estimates for military under Saddam killed during the 2003 war. No reliable official figures have been issued since security forces were set up in late 2003.
* = From www.iraqbodycount.net, run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources.
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Citation: "Military and civilian deaths in Iraq," Reuters, 06 January 2006.
Original URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06304392.htm
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