Iraqi Civilian Deaths?

[sirpado]

I was wondering if there was any data out about estimated Iraqi civilian deaths?

 

[Dari]

I doubt it's much or else the apologist would've been all over it.

 

[Wallydraigle]

There's probably no way to know. Just remember how long it took before we knew how many died in the WTC, and that was just one building. We're only a few days into this and the destruction has been much more widespread.

 

[konichiwa]

guardian

<< The Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, claimed that 77 civilians had been killed and 366 wounded in Basra, mainly by cluster bombs.

Al-Jazeera, an influential channel seen throughout the Arab world, put the number of civilian dead at 50. >>

Only in Basra I guess, but I don't trust the "Iraqi information minister" any more than you do. al-Jazeera on the other hand, maybe.

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: Dari
I doubt it's much or else the apologist would've been all over it.

If it goes up and up and up I would hope that it wasn't just the "apologists" as you call them - "all over it".

Andy

 

[XMan]

The Red Cross reported that the two main hospitals in Baghdad had seen three civilian wounded since the beginning of the bombing, and only one had died.

 

[jahawkin]

Iraq Body Count
They seem to have a good method of estimating civilian deaths.

 

[Fencer128]

Originally posted by: X-Man
The Red Cross reported that the two main hospitals in Baghdad had seen three civilian wounded since the beginning of the bombing, and only one had died.

I've seen more than 3 wounded on the news. Thats with the reporters right in there filming stuff I really didn't want to see. Are those numbers up to date?

Andy

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: jahawkin
Iraq Body Count
They seem to have a good method of estimating civilian deaths.

But do they differentiate between civilian and Iraqi troops in civilian clothes?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: konichiwa
guardian

<< The Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, claimed that 77 civilians had been killed and 366 wounded in Basra, mainly by cluster bombs.

Al-Jazeera, an influential channel seen throughout the Arab world, put the number of civilian dead at 50. >>

Only in Basra I guess, but I don't trust the "Iraqi information minister" any more than you do. al-Jazeera on the other hand, maybe.

Actually that's useful as an upper limit, i.e. at most 77 killed in Basra, and probably much fewer.