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The study is the latest in a long series of attempts to come up with realistic numbers of civilian deaths. The numbers are politically fraught, and researchers' work has been further complicated by problems in collecting data while working in a war zone. The estimates have varied widely. The Iraq Body Count, a nongovernmental group based in Britain that bases its numbers on news media accounts, put the number of civilians dead at 47,668 during the same period of time as the World Health Organization study, the W.H.O. report said. President Bush in the past used a number that was similar to one put forward at the time by the Iraq Body Count. But another study, by Johns Hopkins, which has come under criticism for its methodology, cited an estimate of about 600,000 dead between the war's start, in March 2003, and July 2006. The World Health Organization said its study, based on interviews with families, indicated with a 95 percent degree of statistical certainty that between 104,000 and 223,000 civilians had died. It based its estimate of 151,000 deaths on that range. Those figures made violence the leading cause of adult male deaths in Iraq and one of the leading causes of death for the population as a whole, the health organization research team reported online in the New England Journal of Medicine. More than half the violent deaths occurred in Baghdad. While the new study appears to have the broadest scope to date, increasing its reliability, well known limitations of such efforts in war areas make it unlikely to resolve debate about the extent of the killing in Iraq. Iraqi officials gave conflicting assessments of the newest study, with one senior Health Ministry official praising it and another saying the numbers were exaggerated. The White House said that it had not seen the study and would not comment on its estimated death toll, but that the recent increase in American forces had reduced civilian and military casualties. "We mourn

About the Iraq Body Count project Iraq Body Count (IBC) records the violent civilian deaths that have resulted from the 2003 military intervention in Iraq. Its public database includes deaths caused by US-led coalition forces and paramilitary or criminal attacks by others. IBC's documentary evidence is drawn from crosschecked media reports of violent events leading to the death of civilians, or of bodies being found, and is supplemented by the careful review and integration of hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures. Systematically extracted details about deadly incidents and the individuals killed in them are stored with every entry in the database. The minimum details always extracted are the number killed, where, and when. Confusion about the numbers produced by the project can be avoided by bearing in mind that: IBC's figures are not 'estimates' but a record of actual, documented deaths. IBC records solely violent deaths. IBC records solely civilian (strictly, 'non-combatant') deaths. IBC's figures are constantly updated and revised as new data comes in, and frequent consultation is advised. IBC builds on innovative uses of new technologies without which this citizens' initiative would be impossible. The project was founded in January 2003 by volunteers from the UK and USA who felt a responsibility to ensure that the human consequences of military intervention in Iraq were not neglected. Finally, IBC could not exist without the journalists and media support workers, Iraqi and international, who labour to report war's daily carnage at the risk, and all too often the cost, of their health or their lives. For more on IBC's principles and objectives see the Rationale. For a more detailed description of IBC's working methodology and inclusion criteria, see the Methods section. For technical, research and media contacts, conditions of use, as well as a listing of IBC personnel

قال المدير السابق لعمليات السجون في العراق دون بوردينكيرشر أمس، إن عشرات المعتقلين من مسؤولي النظام المخلوع تباهوا بإسهامهم في نقل رؤوس حربية تحوي أسلحة دمار شامل الى سورية ولبنان في الشهور الثلاثة التي سبقت تحرير العراق من تلك الزمرة. The former director of prison operations in Iraq without Bordenkircher yesterday that dozens of detainees from the ousted regime officials boasted their contribution to the transfer of warheads containing weapons of mass destruction to Syria and Lebanon in the three months preceding the liberation of Iraq from the junta. ونقل موقع «وورلد نت ديلي» الأميركي على الانترنت عن بوردينكيرشر الذي أشرف على سجون ضمت عشرات من المسؤولين في جيش واستخبارات النظام السابق، أن عدداً صغيراً من هؤلاء المعتقلين ادعوا معرفتهم بمواقع الرؤوس الفارغة التي دفنت في العراق بعد نقل محتوياتها. The relocation of «World Net Daily» American Internet Bordenkircher, who oversaw the prisons included dozens of officials in the army and intelligence previous regime, that a small number of these detainees claimed to know the location of the empty warheads that were buried in Iraq after the transfer of its contents. وأضاف: «أن هؤلاء المعتقلين أرادوا مقايضة معلوماتهم بإطلاقهم من السجون» مؤكداً استعدادهم لكشف مواقع هذه الرؤوس. He added: «that these detainees wanted to swap their information releases from prison» affirming their willingness to detect the locations of these warheads. وتابع أن السجناء كانوا أعضاء في الجيش العراقي أو مدنيي

demobilize one of the elements of the Marines "Marines", and punish another, after the disclosure of a videotape they portrayed as "punishment" a small puppy, before the one pelted from the rocky hills above the one in Iraq. وجاء في بيان للبحرية الأمريكية الأربعاء، أنه تقرر إنهاء خدمة الجندي ديفيد موتاري على خلفية "الحادث" الذي تم بثه على موقع YouTube، في الثالث من مارس/ آذار الماضي. A statement by the American navy on Wednesday, he decided to terminate the service of the soldier David Mutare against the backdrop of "incident" which was broadcast on the site YouTube, on the third of March last. كما تقرر معاقبة السيرجنت كريسمارفن بانيز إنكارناشيون، بسبب تورطه أيضاً في الحادث، إلا أن البيان لم يكشف طبيعة العقوبة، وكذلك لم تتضح الاتهامات التي تم توجيهها لكلا الجنديين. It also decided to punish Alsrzint Krismarven Ankarnaxion Caniza, also because of his involvement in the incident, but the statement did not reveal the nature of the penalty, was also not clear that the accusations were directed to both soldiers. وكان الجيش الأمريكي قد قرر إحالة الجنديين للجنة تأديبية بعد بث الشريط المصور الذي يظهر أحدهما، على الأرجح موتاري، وهو يمسك بجرو أبيض ذي رأس سوداء، ثم يقذف به من فوق منحدر صخري. The U.S. Army has decided to refer the soldiers of disciplinary committee after the broadcast the video which shows one is likely to Mutare, which holds a white puppy with a black head, and then jump over the rocky slope. وفي خلفية الصورة، كان جندي آخر، يقول: "هذا ما يعنيه، هذا ما كان يعنيه"، في إشارة إلى

Save the life of Muslim Shia in Iraq from Saudi terrorists and condumn the Saudi-Wahhabist terrorism in Iraq Osama Al Najafi It is not secret to indicate that most terrorism practised in Iraq is originated from the terrorists belongs to Wahhabism religious sect, whether they are belonging to the well-known organization Al Qaida or to another agendas benefited from the chaotic situation in Iraq. It however, should be clearly known that Islam as a religion calls for peace and good treatment to all humans, irrespective of their religion, ethnicity or sex. Mercy and compassion must be practised by a Muslim. And the well-know narrative or Hadith of prophet of Islam Muhammed (pbh) say that Give mercy to anything in this earth so that Allah (God) should give mercy to you. Any act that transgress or contradict these Islamic foundations must not be interpreted as being Islamic. However, Islam is being misused by those Al Qaida or Taliban terrorists so as to recruit more followers for their criminal agenda. At the tip of this pyramid sits the Wahhabi sect or so-called Wahhabism. Wahhabism is the official religious sect of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia finance, patronize and guide the Wahhabi movement. They claim that it is the pure Islam. But in fact there have been written tens of books and hundreds of essays that refute the argument that Wahhabism proceeds from Islamic principles. These books has been written by Islamic authorities from both schools of Islam, mainly Sunni and Shia. Many reports and evidence indicate the Saudi Arabia, and especially the Royal family is directly involved in performing massacres against Muslim Shia in Iraq as well as Christians. Therefore, we call for condemning the Wahhabism as a terrorist movement against humanity in the same way as done before to Nazism and Fascism. An important issue to be taken into consideration here is the verdicts or fatwa that are being issued by Wahhabi authorities to kill every Muslim Shia and commit geno

"Iraq"

While the comments in this news item are valid... one cannot disregard that ALL the military and government personnel missed utilizing Tsun Tzu directives stipulated in the "Art of War". ALL involved in that forced "liberation" of Iraq needed to be focused on "securing" the civilian population which is what was NOT accomplished and resulted in exactly what tsun Tzu said would occur with removal of a government. Clinton "IRAQI ASKED FOR LIBERATION" Act passed by Congress 1998. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=457jp8VGhEE

This American soldier received 110 years to serve in a prison while another soldier in the same group recieved a 100 year jail sentence for participating in the rape crimes on an Iraqi girl. Now if American soldiers are given severe prison penalties for their crimes; would America provide farin justice to the Guitmo "enemy combattants" who were captured by co-alition forces in Afghanistan/Iraw etc.?