Human cost of war in Iraq

Published April 2, 2003

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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