Iranian Media: 35,000 Iraqi Security Forces Killed In 3-Year War Against The Islamic State

Iraqi military has lost billions of dollars in the fight against IS militants, who destroyed military equipment and warplanes.

Financial Tribune: 35,000 Iraqi Security Men Killed in 3-Year War With IS

An Iraqi military source said that the last war against IS was one of the most devastating wars in Iraq’s history as it led to the weakening of the Iraqi military and destruction of the country’s infrastructure

O ver 35,000 Iraqi security men were killed during the three-year war against the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, an Iraqi military source said.

“The anti-IS war has left over 35,000 Iraqi security men killed, and another 35,000 injured,” the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Al-Quds Al-Arabi on Monday, Iraqi News reported.

He added that the casualties included army and police personnel, Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) fighters and members of the Counter Terrorism Service.

“Thousands of Iraqi troops have sustained severe injuries, and should travel abroad for surgeries but the government cannot do so due to the austerity policy it has recently adopted.”

“The Iraqi government should pay due regard to the victims’ families and help the injured travel abroad to undergo surgery as soon as possible,” the source pointed out.

He highlighted that the Iraqi military has lost billions of dollars in the fight against IS militants, who destroyed military equipment and warplanes in the country.

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WNU Editor: 70,000 Iraqi security forces killed or wounded after three years of fighting .... and as for ISIS casualties .... I suspect that the number of killed or wounded is probably even higher.

Iraq's Death Toll From Violence Are At Their Lowest Level In Five Years

A sniper fired at a group of fleeing civilians in west Mosul, Iraq. Credit Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

AFP: Iraq death toll at lowest level in five years

The death toll from violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest monthly level in five years following the Islamic State group's military collapse, the United Nations said Monday.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said new lows were recorded in October and November.

In November, a total of 117 civilians and police were killed and 264 wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict, UNAMI said.

The highest death tolls by province were recorded in Baghdad, at 51, and Salaheddin, with 24 deaths.

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WNU Editor: The UN casualty report can be red here .... UN Casualty Figures for Iraq for the Month of November 2017 (Reliefweb)

Nearly 7,000 Civilians Killed In Iraq In 2016

© REUTERS/ Goran Tomasevic

VOA: Terrorism, Violence Killed Nearly 7,000 Civilians in Iraq in 2016

The United Nations said Monday that terrorism and other acts of violence in Iraq killed at least 6,878 civilians and wounded another 12,388 last year.

But the casualty figures may actually be higher because they do not include civilians who were killed or injured in Iraq's western Anbar province during the months of May, July, August and December.

The numbers "have to be considered as the absolute minimum," according to the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

The U.N. said civilian casualty figures for December are lower compared to previous months, despite noticing an increase in terrorist bombings toward the end of the month that targeted civilians.

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Update #1: Baghdad second only to Mosul for terrorism and violence casualties, UN (RUDAW)
Update #2: Almost 7,000 Iraqi Civilians Killed in Armed Conflict in 2016 - UN -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: This number does not include combatants .... nor does it include civilians who were killed or injured in Iraq's western Anbar province during the months of May, July, August and December.

Over 17,000 Iraqi Civilians Killed From Warfare And Terrorism In 2014

24 civilians killed in #Iraq 31 December. 1,190 in December. 17,073 in 2014.
— Iraq Body Count (@iraqbodycount) January 1, 2015

RT: Civilian death toll in Iraq doubles to 17,000 in 2014 'due to rise of ISIS'.

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... expect this number to double by years end.

More News On This Year's Civilian Death Toll In Iraq

Report says Iraqi civilian deaths roughly doubled last year, driven by ISIS -- CNN
More than 17,000 Iraqi civilians killed in 2014 by ISIS and its enemies, NGO says -- Haaretz
Iraqi civilian deaths spike in 2014 -- The Hill
Over 15,000 killed in Iraq in 2014: govt -- Al Arabiya

Update: The bottom tweet is an annual summary of Iraq's death toll from warfare/terrorism since 2007.

Over 16,800 civilians killed #Iraq 2014 9,742 in 2013 4,622 in 2012 4,153 in 2011 4,116 in 2010 5,309 in 2009 10,238 in 2008 25,968 in 2007
— Iraq Body Count (@iraqbodycount) December 23, 2014

162,000 People Killed In Iraq War

Officials inspect the remains of a vehicle used in a bomb attack in Kut in August 2011. Reuters: Jaafer Abed

162,000 People Killed In Iraq War: NGO -- ABC News (Australia)

About 162,000 people, almost 80 per cent of them civilians, were killed in Iraq from the start of the 2003 US-led invasion up to last year's withdrawal of American forces, a British NGO says.

Iraq Body Count (IBC) warned that, contrary to apparent trends in figures released by the Iraqi government, the level of violence has changed little from mid-2009, though attacks are markedly down from when the country was in the throes of sectarian war in 2006 and 2007.

In all, the non-governmental organisation said an estimated 162,000 people were killed in Iraq in the nearly nine years of conflict.

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My Comment: Add in the wounded .... the legacy of Saddam Hussein and the Iraq war will probably take generations of Iraqis to get over.

Is This American Soldier The Last U.S. Casualty In The Iraq War?

Final casualty? David Hickman could be the last U.S. soldier to have been killed during the Iraq war

Final Flights Bring U.S. Troops Back Home As Iraq War's 'Last Casualty' (The 4,483rd American) Is Mourned -- Daily Mail

The U.S. war in Iraq officially ended yesterday - with the 4,483rd, and final, combat fatality named as 23-year-old Specialist David Hickman.

The eight-year conflict, that has cost America $800 billion and divided the nation, came to a close with a low-key ceremony at Baghdad's heavily-fortified airport.

The U.S. flag was solemnly taken down to mark the withdrawal of American troops.

Hickman, a star high school athlete from North Carolina who had recently married, was killed by a roadside bomb in Taji on the northern edge of Baghdad on November 14.

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My Comment: I hope this is the last U.S. casualty .... but I am not hopeful.

US Military Deaths In Iraq War At 4,209

From Yahoo News/AP:

As of Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at least 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,397 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is two fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.

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2 GIs, Allied Sunni Leader Killed In Iraq

IED Attack

From CBS News:

(CBS/AP) A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month, and gunmen killed one of the senior leaders of a U.S.-allied Sunni group fighting militants south of the capital.

The U.S. military said another American soldier was wounded when the blast struck a U.S. patrol at about 9:30 a.m. in eastern Baghdad. The area was the site of fierce clashes and frequent roadside bombings blamed on Shiite militiamen before a cease-fire by anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

The soldiers were the first to be killed in Baghdad since July 8, when a roadside bomb killed Spc. William McMillan III, a 22-year-old Army medic from Lexington, Ky., and wounded five other soldiers in the western neighborhood of Amariyah, a Sunni area.

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Victory Watch: The Longest Stretch Without An American KIA

From Tigerhawk:

There have been only five American KIA in Iraq since June 26 (excluding one poor soldier who died on July 2 from injuries incurred in 2005). No American soldier has died in combat since July 15, the longest such period since the invasion. Recorded deaths of Iraqi civilians were at their lowest level since April 2005, notwithstanding a spate of female suicide bombings in the last week of the month. Still too high, but let's put it in perspective. If you annualize the 305 civilians who died in July and divide it into Iraq's population of 27.5 million, you get 0.00013. In July, at least, an Iraqi's risk of death from homicide was only 16% higher than in the United States during the first year of the Clinton administration. Now, you can take such thinking too far; the Iraqi statistics probably understate homicide because they are based on press accounts, and there is a big psychological difference between garden-variety homicide and deaths from bombing. But that does not make the improvement any less impressive.

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US Monthly Toll In Iraq At Lowest Since Invasion

Members of an honor guard carry the casket of Army SSG Christopher M. Hake to his grave during his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, April 2008. Hake, 26, of Enid, Oklahoma was among four soldiers who died of injuries suffered when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in south Baghdad in March 2008.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win McNamee)

From Yahoo News/AP:

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Eleven US soldiers were killed in Iraq in July, the lowest monthly toll since the 2003 invasion, according to Pentagon figures, highlighting what US commanders say is a marked drop in overall violence.

The number compares with the deadliest month of November 2004 when 137 American troops were slain, a toll by independent website icasualties.org showed. The previous low was in May this year when 19 soldiers were killed.

Since the US-led invasion of March 2003 that toppled now executed dictator Saddam Hussein, a total of 4,125 US troops have been killed in Iraq, according to icasualties.org.

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More news on American Casualties in Iraq

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
U.S. combat deaths in Iraq plunge -- Reuters
US records lowest monthly death toll in Iraq -- AFP
U.S. combat deaths in Iraq plunge to new low -- MSNBC
Afghanistan surpasses Iraq as deadliest spot for U.S. troops -- McClatchy Nespapers
Troop deaths at low-point -- IOL
US combat deaths in Iraq plunge in July to new low -- Reuters Alertnet
Tours of duty shortened as U.S. deaths in Iraq plummet -- CNN
Military Women In Body Bags -- Strategy Page

My Comment: Always remember the heroes, and those who have been wounded or crippled from this war.

US Forces Face Spike In Deadly Violence In Iraq

A U.S. soldier stands guard on a roof during the opening of Amiriya Public
Works sub-station in western Baghdad's Amiriya district June 25, 2008.

From Yahoo News:

BAGHDAD - Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week.

In the latest attack, one soldier was killed by an explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the predominantly Shiite eastern half of Baghdad, the military said. The armor piercing bombs are believed to come from Iran and have been used by Shiite extremists to kill hundreds of American forces.

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News On Iraq From Other Sources:
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,110 -- Yahoo News
Bomb Kills US Soldier in Iraq, Raising US Fatalities to 10 Since Monday -- Voice Of America
Iraq blast kills three US soldiers, interpreter -- The Age
The Consequences of the Surge -- The Atlantic

My Comment: The war in Iraq has always "spiked" in the spring and fall when temperatures were ideal to travel around in Iraq. The fear among military and political commanders is that the U.S. election may cause more IED explosions and ambushes on American troops in the fall. Time will tell.

Iraq Violence, In Figures

From The BBC:

Tens of thousands of people have died in Iraq since the US-led invasion of March 2003. But it is unclear how many Iraqi lives have been lost. More than 4,300 coalition soldiers have died - 4,000 of them Americans. US forces do not keep complete records of civilians killed.

The Iraqi government does not keep precise records. Health ministry estimates in November 2006 ranged from 100,000 to 150,000 dead. This contrasts with a survey of Iraqi households in the Lancet, which suggested about 655,000 Iraqis had died in the war by July 2006. A survey published by a UK-based polling agency Opinion Research Business in September 2007 suggested up to 1.2m people might have died because of the conflict.

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My Comment: Decades of rule by Saddam Hussein and his gang of murderers, war with Iran for 8 years, the First Gulf War, Al Qaeda death squads, religious and cultural intolerance, economic depression, no proper civil services, Sunni and Shiite death squads ..... it is amazing that many people still stayed behind. If I had no future, money, or hope .... I would high-tailed out of there a long time ago.

When I look at the above stats, you just know that most of those casualties were innocent civilians.