Table of casualties in Iraq
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LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Thursday increased the overall U.S. death toll in Iraq, saying the adjustment was to take account of soldiers wounded in action who later died of their wounds.
Following is a table of U.S., British and Iraqi casualties in the Iraq war and its aftermath as announced by U.S., British and Iraqi authorities or independently confirmed by Reuters correspondents.
NOTE: The figures in brackets refer to casualties after May 1, when U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat over.
U.S. AND BRITISH TROOPS KILLED:
COMBAT/ATTACKS
United States 191 (60)
Britain 14 (6)
NON-COMBAT
United States 93 (71)
Britain 30 (5)
IRAQIS KILLED:
MILITARY 2,320#
CIVILIANS Between 6,087 and 7,798*
# = U.S. military estimates relating only to fighting in or near Baghdad. No other figures available.
* = Figure compiled on Web site www.iraqbodycount.net, run by academics and peace activists, based on incidents reported by at least two media sources.
NOTE: NON-COMBAT is defined as accidents, U.S. or British fire killing or wounding their own troops, and other incidents unrelated to fighting.
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