{"id":1276,"date":"2003-10-20T00:58:54","date_gmt":"2003-10-20T00:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2012-11-02T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:12:42","slug":"the-wages-of-war-iraqi-combatant-and-noncombatant-fatalities-in-the-2003-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/the-wages-of-war-iraqi-combatant-and-noncombatant-fatalities-in-the-2003-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\">\n<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"pdfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0310rm8.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(printable PDF version)<\/a> <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0310rm8.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a> <a class=\"execLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0310rm8exsum.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(summary)<\/a><span class=\"varPubSum\"> by Carl Conetta. <em>PDA Research Monograph #8<\/em>, 20 October 2003. How many Iraqis died in the 2003 Iraq war? What are the implications for stability in Iraq, the war on terrorism, and the &#8220;new warfare&#8221;? The report estimates the total number of Iraqis killed in the 2003 war, based on hospital and burial reports, combat statistics, and battlefield testimony from both sides. Uniquely, the report distinguishes noncombatant and combatant civilians. And it compares the experience of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. With two appendices: Appendix 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0310rm8ap1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Survey and assessment of reported Iraqi combatant fatalities in the 2003 War<\/a> and Appendix 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0310rm8ap2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 1991 Gulf War<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(printable PDF version) (HTML version) (summary) by Carl Conetta. 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