Assassinations and some success for Operation Phantom Pheonix
Unfortunately, Judge Amir Jawdat Naeib was assassinated in Baghdad on his way to work today. According to the linked BBC article, assassinations have gone down since the ’surge’, but this is another example of how far Iraq is from true stability. Despite this, the Coalition has announced that over 60 militants have been killed in the latest push into the Diyala province called Operation Phantom Pheonix. Another booby trapped house killed seven police officers in the same operation. Iraq eases law against Baathists, according to Al Jazeera English, while Solomon Moor of the New York Times analyzes the development in a little more depth.
January 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
What is the number of Iraqi killed since the U.S invaded Iraq?
Thank you
January 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Thanks for the question, alassane. There are many different civilian casualty counts, depending on who is conducting the research/study. According to Lancet (a British medial journal), the figure since the invasion is over 650,000. According to www.iraqbodycount.org, the figure is between 80,000-88,000. Another website, www.icasualties.org, the number is about 40,000 but they caution that the actual number is much higher than what is reported on their website.
So as you can see, there is no definitive, official casualty count as embraced by the US government or any of the coalition government.