Most Civilian Deaths In Iraq Since 2003 From Executions

Family members pray over coffins in Iraq in 2008. The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report published Wednesday by an independent casualties monitor. (AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)

From Yahoo News/AFP:

BAGHDAD (AFP) – The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report published Wednesday by an independent casualties monitor.

Iraq Body Count (IBC), a group supported by researchers from the United States and Britain, said that such killings accounted for 33 percent of all civilian deaths in the five years after the 2003 US-led invasion.

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My Comment: Only 20,000?