How many Iraqis died during the war?

[Dynasty]

The # of Iraqi deaths during the war seems to be the great unspoken subject of the war. Is there any good information out there?

[Parmenides]

The number that I would guess would exceed 100,000. The Iraqi armed forces had 350,000 before the war. About 100,000 of these were Republican guard forces. The majority of these divisions were wiped out. Civilian casualties are lower than 1991. More deaths will happen due to no water, no medical supplies, etc.

The bloodthirsty American public loves cheap gasoline, murdering Muslims, and violent demonstrations of US imperialism. The TV coverage should have had more firefights. The ratings would have been higher. The CIA should gas a few US forces next time to avoid the phoney search for WMD. They can blame the opposition, such as Iranians or Syrians. It will make the ratings go up when we counterattack with massive WMD of our own.

The advertizers wil love it. It's a new game show: Infinite War brought to by the W. Bush regime. Contestants can win prizes by accurately predicting the kill ratio on each given episode.

[IrishHand]

You must have missed the part where Dynasty said he wanted "good information".

[Ulysses]

NY Times piece on this issue (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=20&u=/nyt/20030410/ts_nyt/number_of_iraqi_dead_may_be_unknowable)

Iraqi civilian death tally (http://www.iraqbodycount.net/)

[Parmenides]

My guess is better than anything that you've put forth.
The sad point is that the USA and the press isn't talking about it. W. Bush has a lot of blood on his hands.

I forgot that you are a Muslim in the US Navy. How many have you killed? Iraqis, that is, not American citizens.