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This 3 page paper examines two web sites which look at deaths occurring as a result of the war. It becomes clear that getting an accurate body count is quite challenging and there are many ways to look at casualties. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Every day, there is a story out of the region that talks about more casualties. A student writing on this subject must then account for the variances in reporting when
examining websites. In comparing and contrasting web sites, one called Iraq Body Count which provides a live count -along with a minimum and maximum estimate-will be compared with a Wikipedia
site entitled Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003. The Wikipedia site begins by explaining that the accuracy of information regarding causalities is something that varies ("Casualties of the
conflict"). Casualties, according to this site, includes both dead and injured individuals ("Casualties of the conflict"). The site reports the 100,000 deaths of Iraqis that was widely reported in September
of 2004 ("Casualties of the conflict"). Interestingly, a tally of US soldiers who believed to have killed one or more civilians during 2003 numbers about 41,000 ("Casualties of the conflict").
This latter number is of course not precise because it draws on a semblance of numbers from interviewed soldiers. Both of these figures on this up to date web site
are from 2004 and 2003 respectively. At the site, each report of figures notes the sources from which they are derived. One report for example that examines 2004 statistics is
based on public health experts who report that about 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died since the invasion by U.S. troops began ("Casualties of the conflict"). The other site examined
is called Iraq Body Count and it is something that comes from academia. Interestingly, the Wikipedia site is critical of that site, and does provide information regarding the methodology of
those who run the operation. It explains that this western group reports Iraqi civilian deaths which had been caused by the Iraqi insurgency, and shows minimum and maximum counts
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