Two hundred to three hundred Iraqi civilians are killed each month, a number down a bit over the last year, according to a new study by the Congressional Research Service.
The study, which you can read here, looks at several different counts of civilian deaths, and notes that reporting on the deaths is still irregular, and methodologies variable. It was posted by Secrecy News.
The study does not break down the causes of the deaths — whether by insurgents or U.S. forces. And it’s not clear whether violent deaths related to, say, street crime unconnected to the war are counted.
It also notes that two separate groups, Iraq Body Count and the Brookings Iraq Index, put the total civilian deaths since the start of the war at a staggering 101,000 and 110,000, respectively. (The first number is for 3/03 – 9/09, the second for 6/03-7/09.)
This chart from the study draws from Iraqi ministry numbers, reported in the press:
And this one from Defense Department data:
