Factbox - Military and civilian deaths in Iraq, 14 May 2007
May 14 (Reuters) - A U.S.
soldier was killed on Sunday in an attack on his patrol in Salah ad-Din
province north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Monday.
Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003:
U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 3,396
Britain 148
Other nations 125
IRAQIS:
Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#
Civilians Between 63,373 and 69,418*
# = Think-tank estimates for military under Saddam Hussein killed during the 2003 war. No reliable official figures have been issued since new security forces were set up in late 2003.
* = From www.iraqbodycount.net (IBC), run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources. IBC says on its Web site that the figure underestimates the true number of casualties.
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