How many Iraqis and how many foreign troops and contractors have died in Iraq?
A3. Iraqi casualties are not known, but a September 2004 on-site study by a team of researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, estimated total civilian fatalities at 100,000 since the start of hostilities in March 2003. The findings, published in the British medical journal Lancet in November 2004, may well include insurgents and foreign fighters, but even adjusting for these deaths leaves a staggering total for a campaign that was not suppose to have lasted beyond 90 days. As of January 19, 2005, U.S. fatalities in Iraq stand at 1,370. Other coalition forces have sustained 160 fatalities. The Pentagon says 10,331 soldiers have been wounded, but when non-combat injuries are included, this figure is estimated at almost double that figure. Foreign contractor fatalities are incomplete, but the number appears to be over 200. Q4. The U.S. military-led invasion quickly overwhelmed Saddams military but the killing continues Iraqis, America
