WITHOUT looking up the numbers, how many Iraqi civilians do you think have been killed by the US since the invasion of 2003?

A million. Though most died through sectarian violence.

No one has been keeping track but the number is far too high. There may never be an accurate tally.

My guess is at least 100,000.

I don’t know
half a million at least

100,000.

I would say around 100K. That is around 100K to many.

Somewhere between 500k and 1mil would be my guess.

Too many. Death on both parts is a horrible thing.

My guess, it will equal or less then the number of servicemen and women killed in Afghanistan by the end of 2011.

200,000

My guess? 200,000–300,000.

Infinity.

If you also add the children that will not be born due to the death of their parents. And, their children’s children.. So on and so on.

@Garebo Do you think that a very small number of Iraqi civilians died during our invasion or are you predicting that that the American death toll in Afghanistan will be many many times the number of Americans killed in Iraq?

So… does anyone know the actual number? How far off are we?

According to http://www.iraqbodycount.org/, it’s about 100,000.

I’m sad to have been right this time. :(

@Ivan I’m sure that’s grossly underestimated

@Simone_De_Beauvoir On the site they say
”IBC’s documentary evidence is drawn from crosschecked media reports of violent events leading to the death of civilians, or of bodies being found, and is supplemented by the careful review and integration of hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures.
IBC records solely violent deaths.
IBC records solely civilian (strictly, ‘non-combatant’) deaths”

I have read the number many times. And it varies wildly, but it’s at least half a million. That is 5 times the publicly reported deaths of 100,000.