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Reasons for such large fluctuation in the number of Iraqis civilians killed by Coalition Forces

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We have tried to find the most accurate sources including among others,the Department of Defense of the United States Government. Since the Coalition does not keep records of the casualties among the liberated population in Iraq we have to relay on following sources:
The Iraq Body Count Network reports:
Minimum of 15365
Maximum of 17582
Civilians killed by military intervention in Iraq

About the Project and its Methodology http://www.iraqbodycount.net/background.htm

The London Medical Journal
Interpretation Making conservative assumptions, we think that about 100000 excess deaths, or more have happened since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Violence accounted for most of the excess deaths and air strikes from coalition forces accounted for most violent deaths. We have shown that collection of public-health information is possible even during periods of extreme violence. Our results need further verification and should lead to changes to reduce non-combatant deaths from air strikes.

http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol364/iss9448/full/llan.364.9448.primary_research.31264.1

The present conflict in Iraq signals a contrast of paradoxical proportions. The Iraqi people, their interim government, and their largely US and British occupiers are preparing for landmark elections early in the new year. Yet a ruthlessly violent insurgency is successfully destabilising these arrangements, murdering foreign civilians and Iraqi law enforcement officers in the most brutal ways imaginable, and exploiting the world's media in doing so. Amid this deep national uncertainty, it is hard to judge what is happening among Iraqis themselves. This week The Lancet publishes the first scientific study of the effects of this war on Iraqi civilians.

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The number of civilians killed and or wounded is much higher if casualties take into account those killed by the insurgency both intentionally or cut in crossfire.