FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:48am EST
 
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(Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb and then came under small arms fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, the U.S. military said.

Earlier, the U.S. military said that one U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb while he was on patrol in Baghdad on Saturday. Another U.S. soldier was killed on Friday and a third died in the United States also on Friday from injuries sustained in an earlier bomb attack.

Three other U.S. soldiers died from non-combat related injuries.

Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq and Iraqi civilians killed in attacks since the U.S.-led invasion in March, 2003:

U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 3,940

Britain 174

Other nations 134

IRAQIS:

Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#

Civilians Between 80,690 and 88,117*

# = Think-tank estimates for military under Saddam Hussein killed during the 2003 war. No reliable official figures have been issued since new security forces were set up in late 2003.

* = From www.iraqbodycount.net (IBC), run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources. The IBC says on its Web site the figure underestimates the true number of casualties.

The U.S-led military coalition toll includes casualties from Iraq and the surrounding area where troops are stationed.

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

 

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