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Updated August 27, 2008
CRS Report for Congress
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates
Hannah Fischer
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Summary
This report presents various governmental and non-governmental estimates of Iraqi
civilian deaths. The Department of Defense (DOD) regularly updates total U.S. military
deaths statistics from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as reflected in CRS Report
RS21578, Iraq: U.S. Casualties. However, no Iraqi or U.S. government office regularly
releases publically available statistics on Iraqi civilian deaths. Statistics on Iraqi civilian
deaths are sometimes available through alternative sources, such as nonprofit
organizations, or through statements made by officials to the press. 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 fact. See also CRS Report
RS22532, Iraqi Police and Security Forces Deaths Estimates. This report will be
updated as needed.
Government Estimates of Iraqi Civilian Deaths
The Department of Defense (DOD) has not released a composite estimate of Iraqi
civilian deaths during Operation Iraqi Freedom. However, in the report Measuring
Stability and Security in Iraq, it has released a chart containing two separate estimates of
Iraqi civilian deaths from January 2006 to May 2008.1 The first estimate is derived from
a compilation of coalition and Iraqi reports of civilian deaths while the second estimate
is derived from the Iraq Significant Activities (SIGACTS) Ill database, which includes
coalition reports only. The DOD noted in the December 2007 update of Measuring
Stability and Security in Iraq that host nation reports capture some types of deaths on
1 U.S. Department of Defense, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Measuring Stability and Security in
Iraq: June 2008 Report to Congress in Accordance with the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act 2007 (Section 9010), June 2008, p. 21, at [http://www.defenselink.mil/
pubs/pdfs/Master_16_June_08_%20FINALSIGNED%20.pdf].
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