Iraq Civilians: 50,000 Dead– But Who’s Counting?

Common Dreams has posted this piece by Juliana Lara Resende about the death toll of Iraqi Civilians and how the Pentagon is now coming out with figures, even though they have been saying they “don’t do body counts”.

Last year, Bush asserted that, “30,000, more or less, have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis.”

In terms of population size, this would be equivalent to 570,000 U.S. citizens killed in the same period of time, noted the Jun. 25 LA Times article.

Iraq Body Count estimates an average of 36 violent deaths per day – about twice the amount of the first year of the invasion.