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From A Dossier of Civillian Casualties 2003-2005, Iraq Body Count, page 13
Additional reports here: 2006 -- 2007 -- Surge
From an interview with the head of IBC, John Slobada:
One fact that the dossier does show clearly, in favour of the US led coalition forces, is that the amount of civilians directly killed by coalition troops has declined sharply. "Undoubtedly," agrees Sloboda. "Since the begining of 2005, there have been tiny numbers killed directly by US forces, and these tend to be by checkpoints etc. The vast majority of deaths caused now, are being caused by crime, anti-coalition forces, and unknown forces."
The breakdown of killings outside of direct US led forces involvement also gives pause for thought. While the lines are often blurred, as pointed out by the LA Times ("In some cases, authorities say, the motives are so opaque that they cannot tell whether they are investigating a crime disguised as an act of war or a political assassination masquerading as a violent business dispute.”), according to the IBC insurgent anti-US forces have accounted for between 9 and 15% of all civilian killings, while crime related killings have been responsible for up to 36% of civilian deaths.
Are you fucking kidding? First, that "report" you posted openly admits its information was culled solely from a survey of JOURNALISTIC PIECES. WTF????????????? You just proved Gavin's point for him about media spectacle and fact.
Second, ThreeMonkeysMedia is an obvious wingnut piece of shit infotainment site.
Third, even if deaths have declined, it's STILL WRONG.