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April 2, 2003
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Wednesday
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Muharram 29, 1424
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Human cost of war in Iraq
NICOSIA, April 1: Here is a breakdown of casualty figures given by various sources for the US-led war in Iraq that was in its 13th day on Tuesday.
IRAQ: The government has given various figures for different parts of Iraq, often without distinguishing between civilian and military losses:
An analysis of figures given by Baghdad indicates a minimum of 421 and maximum of 793 Iraqis killed, and between 4,006 and 5,601 wounded.
UNITED STATES
According to US military:
27 killed in action
12 killed in accidents
Two killed by US soldier
BRITAIN
According to British military:
Six killed in action
15 killed in accidents
Five killed by “friendly fire”
MEDIA
Australian cameraman killed by car bomb.
in Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
British television reporter killed, two missing near Umm Qasr. British television reporter killed in accident in Kurdistan. —AFP
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