Military deaths in Iraq

Published November 10, 2004

LONDON, Nov 9: Two US soldiers were killed when guerillas fired mortar bombs at their base in Mosul on Tuesday, the US military said in a statement.

On Monday a soldier from Britain's Black Watch battle group was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in an incident north of Camp Dogwood, the ministry of defence said late on Monday.

Here are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq, in line with the most recent death toll from the Pentagon.

Figures in brackets refer to deaths since May 1, 2003, when US President George W. Bush declared major combat over.

US-led coalition forces killed: Combat/Attacks

United States 879 (770)+ Britain 29 (21) Other nations 62 (62)

Non-combat:

United States 262 (233) Britain 42 (17) Other nations 7 (7)

Iraqis killed:

Military 4,895 to 6,370#

Civilians between 14,272 and 16,405

* Includes three civilian Department of Defence employees.

# = Think-tank estimates.

No official figures available.

*=From www.iraqbodycount.net, run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources.

NOTE: Non-combat is defined as accidents, fire from forces killing their own troops, suicides and other incidents not directly related to fighting.-Reuters

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