New Iraq War Study Estimates That 500,000 Died From 2003 To Mid-2011

Iraq Study Estimates War-Related Deaths At 461,000 -- BBC

About half a million people died in Iraq as a result of war-related causes between the US-led invasion in 2003 and mid-2011, an academic study suggests.

University researchers from the US, Canada and Iraq based their estimate on randomised surveys of 2,000 households.

The toll includes not only violent deaths from the invasion and subsequent insurgency, but avoidable fatalities linked to infrastructure collapse.

It exceeds the 112,000 violent civilian deaths reported by Iraq Body Count.

The British-based organisation bases its tally on media reports, hospital and mortuary records, and information from official and non-governmental sources.

There has been a surge in sectarian violence in Iraq in the past year, with almost 5,000 civilians killed in attacks between January and September, according the UN. It says more than 3,000 people died in 2012.

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More News On A Recent Iraq War Study That Estimates 500,000 Died From 2003 To Mid-2011

New study puts Iraq war death toll at 500,000 -- UPI
New Study Estimates Nearly 500,000 Died in Iraq War -- Time
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died of illness as war ravaged nation's support systems, study says -- NBC
Study estimates nearly 500,000 Iraqis died in war -- L.A. Times
Cost of the Iraq War in human lives: 461,000 killed between March 2003 and June 2011 -- Daily Mail
2003-2011: Half million Iraqis died in war, occupation -- RT
Iraq war claimed half a million lives, study finds -- Al Jazeera

My Comment: This study is based on an estimate from randomised surveys of 2,000 households .... talk about a very small sampling group. The problem with such a study is that as long as the violence and mayhem continues in Iraq .... no real number can be determined with any degree of accuracy. Unfortunately .... this part of the region has endured wars and conflicts for decades .... and I do not see "an era of peace" breaking out anytime soon.

How Many Have Died In Iraq Since The 2003 Invasion?

U.S. Army Spc. Deonty Eastmon secures his sector during a patrol through Al Betra, Iraq, Nov. 26, 2007, as the rest of his squad asks local residents about recent insurgent activity. Eastmon is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

77,000 Iraqis Killed From 2004 To August 2008, U.S. Military Says -- Washington Post

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military released its most detailed compilation of data on Iraqi casualties during more than four years of the Iraq war, reporting that 63,185 civilians and 13,754 members of the country's security forces were killed from the beginning of 2004 through August 2008.

The number of Iraqis killed in the more than seven-year-old war is a hotly debated topic. Estimates range from fewer than 100,000 to hundreds of thousands, and it is difficult to determine which number is the most accurate.

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More News On The U.S. Military Release Of Iraqi Casualties

U.S. Military Tallies Deaths of Iraqi Civilians and Forces -- New York Times/AP
US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years -- AP
Iraqis reject new US figures on number of civilian casualties -- M&C
A look at Iraq's casualty count as compiled by US, Iraqi governments -- Winnipeg Free Press
Iraqi war deaths by the numbers -- Seattle Times/AP
U.S. Sees Lower Iraqi Death Toll -- Investors.com

The Cost Of War

Military Releases High Casualty Figures -- CBS News

The Department of Defense has released its latest American military casualty numbers for those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the figures reveal non-fatal casualties that go well beyond the more than 4,000 U.S. troops who have died so far.

As of April 5, a total of 36,082 members of the U.S. military have been wounded in action and killed in Iraq, since the beginning of the war in March 2003, and in Afghanistan, where the war there began in October 2001. The 36,082 number breaks down to 4,492 deaths and 31,590 wounded. According to the same DoD "casualty" counts, an additional 38,631 U.S. military personnel have also been removed from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan for "non-hostile-related medical air transports."

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My Comment: Gateway Pundit provides a perspective to these figures. My own personal take .... when the Iraq war started pundits were talking about a Stalingrad at the Gates Of Baghdad that will result in 15,000 U.S. servicemen dead and untold thousands wounded. This fortunately never happened. But a long drawn affair that will result in the drip drip of American and Iraqi casualties for the next 5, 10, or 20 years is also in no one's interest.

Unfortunately, I can easily foresee a situation evolving in Iraq that will be similar to the long drawn affair of IRA terrorism and rebellion that lasted in Ireland for decades. At its peak the IRA had almost 300 men under arms .... but these 300 men were effective in holding down a good portion of the British Army for decades.

In Iraq, it is obvious that there are more than 300 men willing to fight against the Iraqi Government and coalition forces.