25,000 Iraqi civilians killed since invasion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1532067,00.html US military 'responsible for one-third of deaths' Jonathan Steele and Richard Norton-Taylor Wednesday July 20, 2005 The Guardian Nearly 25,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the two years since the invasion, and four times as many died at the hands of US-led forces as from suicide bombers and other insurgents, according to a detailed study of the human cost of the conflict. The survey, which calculates the toll of dead and injured since March 2003, also shows that the rate of criminal violence has risen dramatically. According to Iraq Body Count and the Oxford Research Group, the two independent researchers behind the study, the figures in the report should be regarded as the "baseline of the minimum number of deaths".... Message was edited by: oD Forum Moderator [- please do not copy whole articles from other sites. Instead please post a link and an extract. Thank you.]