War Dead & Injured
Reported by Melanie - February 28, 2007
Please ignore the "posted on" date. This post is updated approximately every seven days.
Total US military deaths in Iraq (March 2, 2007)
(from all causes):
3,166
Total US military deaths in "Operation Enduring Freedom" (Afghanistan) (March 2, 2007):
(from all causes):
371
Total "non-mortal" U.S. military injuries in Iraq (January 28, 2007):
47,657
NOTE: On January 30, 2007, the U.S. government reconfigured the way it calculates non-mortal casualties. The new non-mortal casualty count as of March 2, 2007 is (this number hasn't changed since 2/21/07): 32,544.
Total "non-mortal" U.S. military injuries in Afghanistan (March 2, 2007):
5,994
Total estimated Iraqi deaths (March 2, 2007)
(from all causes):
Minimum 74,000
Maximum 655,000+
-12/24/06: Iraqi police deaths 'hit 12,000.'
-1/2/07: 16,273 Deaths Reported in Iraq in 2006.
-1/16/07: Almost 35,000 civilians were killed last year in Iraq, UN says.
Total estimated Afghani deaths (March 2, 2007):
This information isn't available anywhere. Apparently, nobody cares enough about the Afghani people to put the effort into counting.
Total "coalition" deaths (March 2, 2007):
Australia: 2
Great Britain: 132
- Update 1-11-07: 3,000 British troops to pull out of Iraq by May.
- Update 2-20-07: This got a lot of attention. It was as if the news that broke (above) on 1-11-07 never happened: Blair 'to confirm Iraq timetable'
Bulgaria: 13
Denmark: 6 (February 21, 2007: Denmark to pull troops from Iraq.)
El Salvador: 5
Estonia: 2
Kazakhstan: 1
Latvia: 3
Netherlands: 2
Poland: 18
Romania: 2
Slovakia: 4
Ukraine: 18*
These members of the "coalition of the willing" have already withdrawn from Iraq: Spain, Thailand, Hungary, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Portugal, New Zealand, Philippines, Norway, Italy.
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Sources:
Antiwar.com
Iraq Body Count
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
News Hounds
Scotsman
