How many civilians have died in Iraq?
By Paul
According to Iraqi government official;
"Iraqi Health Minister Ali al-Shemari estimated Thursday that 150,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the war as he spoke to reporters in Vienna. He later said he based the figure on an estimate of 100 bodies per day brought to morgues and hospitals--though such a calculation would come out closer to 130,000. However, the head of Baghdad's central morgue said his facility alone was receiving about 60 bodies a day as a result of violence."
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