Media Alert: Paved With Good Intentions - Iraq Body Count - Part 1

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:07:24 -0600

MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media

January 25, 2006

On the rare occasions when the issue of civilian casualties is discussed in the mainstream media three words are invariably mentioned: Iraq Body Count (IBC).

IBC describes itself as a project which maintains “the world’s only independent and comprehensive public database of media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq that have resulted from the 2003 military intervention by the USA and its allies”. (http://www.iraqbodycount.net/background.htm)

Almost 25,000 civilians killed in Iraq in two years: study

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:11:37 -0500

Source: Agence France-Presse
July 19, 2005

LONDON, July 19 (AFP) - Almost 25,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since US and British troops invaded the country two years ago, an average of 34 every single day, a British study said on Tuesday.

More of the deaths overall have been caused by the actions of foreign troops than insurgents within the country, the study by Iraq Body Count and the Oxford Research Group said. However, the report stresses that the vast majority of civilian deaths caused by US and British troops took place in the weeks following the start of war in March 2003, while currently far more deaths occur due to insurgency.

Iraq Mortality - Iraq Body Count

Media Alert: Paved With Good Intentions - Iraq Body Count - Part 1

Almost 25,000 civilians killed in Iraq in two years: study