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Updated September 14, 2006
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Iraqi Civilian, Police, and Security Forces
Casualty Estimates
Hannah Fischer
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Summary
This report presents various estimates of Iraqi civilian, police, and security forces
casualties. The Department of Defense (DOD) regularly updates total U.S. military
death and wounded statistics from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as reflected in CRS
Report RS21578, Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties. However, no Iraqi or U.S.
government office regularly releases statistics on Iraqi civilian deaths, Iraqi police
deaths, or Iraqi security forces deaths. Statistics on these topics are sometimes available
through alternative sources, such as nonprofit organizations, or through statements made
by officials to the press.
Many of the estimates included in this report are incomplete or have been released
by non-governmental sources. Because these estimates are based on varying time
periods and have been created using differing methodologies, readers should exercise
caution when using these statistics and should look on them as guideposts rather than
as statements of historical fact. This report will be updated as needed.
Iraqi Civilian Casualty Estimates
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the United States
Department of Defense (DOD) have recently released reports that include sections on
Iraqi civilian casualties. In its Human Rights Report for May 1 - June 30, 2006, the
UNAMI estimated that 2,669 Iraqi civilians were killed in May 2006 and 3,149 Iraqi
civilians were killed in June 2006.1 These figures combine two counts: one from the Iraq
Ministry of Health, which records deaths reported by hospitals; and one from the Medico-
Legal Institute (MLI) in Baghdad, which tallies the unidentified bodies it receives.2 The
combined count of civilian casualties from January 2006 to June 2006 was reported as
1 United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Human Rights Report: 1 May - 30 June 2006, at
[http://tinyurl.com/ml6c8], p. 3.
2 Nick Wadhams, Iraq civilian toll spikes to nearly 6,000, Associated Press, July 19, 2006.
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