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IBC Press coverage Up to 3 Nov 2005

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More than just a list of links to IBC's coverage in the media, the articles below provided an insight into the development of the debate from 2003-2005. IBC discontinued the compilation of these links as the level of violence placed an increasing burden on our resources.

Iraq Body Count in the Press

This feature initiated May 2004. Last update 3 Nov 2005

It has been a heartening feature of the IBC project that press interest in our work has been wide-ranging and sustained. TV and radio broadcasters have included ABC (USA) News, CNN International, the BBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, National Public Radio (USA), Pacifica, and many regional and community stations.

Below is a selection of press (mostly print) coverage of the IBC project, sometimes directly discussing our work but more often just citing it. Sometimes reference is made simply to our numbers.

The collection of links below also amounts to a useful overview of media discussion and coverage of civilian casualties in the Iraq war and occupation.

Wherever possible we have tried to provide a link to the original content.

2005

FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER ATTACKS BUSH 'ARROGANCE'
Post-Gazette - 03 November 2005
LIBBY, LIES AND THE CASUALTIES OF WAR
Indian Country - 03 November
VIOLENCE SURGES AS RAMADAN NEARS CLOSE
LA Times - 03 November 2005
MILWAUKEE PAPER APOLOGIZES FOR ACCEPTING 'COOKED' WMD EVIDENCE
Editor & Publisher - 31 October 2005
VICTIMS OF INSURGENTS IN IRAQ TOP 26,000
Daily Telegraph (London) - 31 October 2005
PENTAGON ESTIMATES IRAQ CIVIL TOLL
CNN - 31 October 2005
PENTAGON COUNTS IRAQI CASUALTIES
BBC - 31 October 2005
PENTAGON REPORTS 26,000 IRAQI CASUALTIES IN 2 YEARS
Guardian - 31 October 2005
US MILITARY 'KNOWS OF 26,000 IRAQI VICTIMS'
Irish Independent - 31 October 2005
IRAQ: ESTIMATES VARY WIDELY ON IRAQI VICTIMS OF CONFLICT
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - 31 October 2005
U.S. QUIETLY ISSUES ESTIMATE OF IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
New York Times - 30 October 2005
BELIEVE IT NOT
North Bay Bohemian - 30 October 2005
IRAQ'S BODY COUNT
Channel 4 News (UK) - 30 October 2005
OUR EDITORIALS REPEATED WHAT WE NOW KNOW TO BE WRONG
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - 29 October 2005
PENTAGON SAYS 26,000 IRAQIS KILLED OR WOUNDED SINCE JAN. 2004
Associated Press - 29 October 2005
BELL TOLLS FOR SLAIN IRAQIS
Marin Independent-Journal - 28 October 2005
WHEN BODY-COUNTS KILL
Spiked-Online - 28 October 2005
'BUSH LIED, 2,000 DIED'
Village Voice - 27 October 2005
THE NUMBERS GUY
Wall Street Journal Online - 27 October 2005
IRAQ BY THE NUMBERS (Correspondence)
Antiwar.com - 29 October 2005
IRAQ BY THE NUMBERS
Antiwar.com - 27 October 2005
ANTI-WAR PROTEST IN OLD TOWN
Pasadena Star-News - 27 October 2005
TOLL OF IRAQ WAR GREATER THAN 2,000 DEAD
North Jersey Herald - 27 October 2005
TWO THOUSAND AND COUNTING
Sydney Morning Herald - 27 October 2005
SICK OF THE WAR?
Media Monitors Network - 26 October 2005
US DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ HITS 2,000
BBC - 26 October 2005
COUNTING NATION'S LOSS, ONE BY ONE
Newsday - 26 October 2005
IRAQ'S WAR DEAD
Alternet.org - 26 October 2005
RISING CIVILIAN TOLL IS THE IRAQ WAR'S SILENT, SINISTER PULSE
New York Times - 26 October 2005
US TROOP TOLL IN IRAQ TOUCHES 2000
Aljazeera - 26 October 2005
WHY THE NUMBERS?
Minnesota Daily - 26 October 2005
GRIM MILESTONES
Guardian (newsblogs) - 26 October 2005
SOME IRAQIS SYMPATHIZE WITH U.S. AS DEATH TOLL SURPASSES 2,000; OTHERS NOTE HIGH IRAQI TOLL
Associated Press - 26 October 2005
U.S. MILITARY DEATHS REACH 2,000 IN IRAQ
Associated Press - 25 October 2005
IRAQI DEATH TOLL MUCH HIGHER THAN U.S.
Associated Press - 25 October 2005
GRIEVING IRAQ FAMILY SEES NO END TO "RIVERS OF BLOOD"
Reuters - 23 October 2005
INSURGENTS KILL 4,308 IRAQIS IN '05 -GOVT FIGURES
Reuters - 22 October 2005
ON NATIONAL COMMEMORATIONS IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Counterpunch - 19 October 2005
SUICIDE CAR BOMBING KILLS 9 IN IRAQ
Associated Press - 15 October 2005
IRAQ: THE COST OF QUAGMIRE
Political Affairs - 14 October 2005
IRAQ MORTALITY
Milan Rai (Iraqmortality.org) - 14 October 2005
IRAQ: THE COST OF QUAGMIRE
PoliticalAffairs.net - 14 October 2005
RIGHTS GROUPS TAKE AIM AT MILITANTS FOR INDISCRIMINATE KILLING IN IRAQ, PALESTINE
OneWorld US - 06 October 2005
25,000 IRAQIS KILLED SINCE U.S. INVASION, GROUP SAYS
Azzaman (Iraq) - 02 October 2005
HOW IRAQ'S DEAD WERE COUNTED
Socialist Worker - 01 October 2005
HOW MANY MORE WILL DIE IN IRAQ?
Village Voice - 27 September 2005
STUDENTS JOIN IN ANTIWAR PROTESTS
The Hoya (Georgetown Uni.) - 27 September 2005
A SURREAL DAY IN IRAQ
Daily Mail - 20 September 2005
BALANCING LIBERTIES AND SECURITY
Cavalier Daily - 12 September 2005
BODY COUNT TREATY
Tennessee Independent Media Center - 12 September 2005
WAR ON TERROR CONTINUES, BUT AT WHAT COST TO IRAQIS?
Daily Herald - 11 September 2005
REMEMBERING A NON-VIOLENT 9/11
Bangkok Post - 09 September 2005
A GRIM CHRONICLE
The Economist (book review) - 01 September 2005
US AIR STRIKES KILL 56, SUNNIS PROTEST DRAFT CONSTITUTION
Prensa Latina - 30 August 2005
FOR IRAQ, TALK IS THE ONLY WAY (Leader)
New Statesman - 29 August 2005
IN IRAQ, THE GRIM REAPER CREEPS CLOSER
Editor & Publisher - 26 August 2005
FALSE INFORMATION LEADS TO LACK OF WAR SUPPORT
Purdue Exponent - 24 August 2005
DOES IT MATTER IF YOU CALL IT A CIVIL WAR?
Christian Science Monitor - 22 August 2005
SURVEY COUNTS 25,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ
CTV.ca - 19 July 2005
REAPING WHAT THEY SOW
New Straits Times - 07 August
COUNTING THE CIVILIAN DEAD IN IRAQ
Wall Street Journal - 05 August
DEATH, DEMOCRACY
Detroit Free Press - 03 August
AMERICANS, WORLD MUSLIMS, NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
The Day (New London) - 02 August
DEMAND THAT JOHNNY COME HOME
Counterpunch.org - 02 August
COUNTING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
American Journalism Review - August/September
COUNTING THE DEAD. THE IRAQ BODY COUNT.
Three Monkeys Online - July 2005
INFORMATION GAP HELPS FUEL ANTI-AMERICANISM
Knight Ridder - 31 July
GLOBAL ANIMOSITY TOWARD U.S. RISES AS IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL INCREASES
Contra Costa Times - 31 July
HIGH COST OF WAR IN IRAQ
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - 31 July
IRAQ'S CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW
The Lancet - 30 July
NEW CALLS FOR COALITION FORCES TO COUNT IRAQI CASUALTIES
OneWorld.net - 29 July
A GROUP OF BLOODSTAINED FIGURES
People's Daily Online - 29 July
SCOTT LIPSCOMB ON IRAQ BODY COUNT
Counterspin / FAIR.org - 29 July
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Cairo Magazine - 28 July
TARGETED KILLING IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
The New Vision - 27 July
THE VICTIM AND THE KILLER
Salon.com - 27 July
HONEST APPRAISAL, PLEASE
Ventura County Star - 26 July
IRAQ BODY FRAUD
National Review Online - 26 July
BAD COUNTS
National Review Online - 26 July
WASHINGTON’S LOGIC EMBOLDENS TERRORISM
Asia Times - 26 July
STUDY DOCUMENTS US-INFLICTED CARNAGE ON IRAQI PEOPLE
World Socialist Web Site - 26 July
LIVE: TONY BLAIR'S PRESS BRIEFING
Guardian - 26 July
COUNTING THE CASUALTIES OF WAR
Chicago Tribune - 25 July
THE POLITICS OF DELUSION
New Statesman (London) - 25 July
25,000 IRAQIS SACRIFICED FOR DEMOCRACY
North Jersey Media Group - 25 July
THERE IS ALWAYS LOVE
MetroWest Daily News - 24 July
IRAQ DEATH TOLL
Duluth News Tribune - 24 July
25 000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE INVASION
British Medical Journal - 23 July
READERS RESPOND TO OUR WEB COVERAGE ON THE CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ
Online Mail Call (Newsweek readers' letters) - 29 July
TRUTH IS THE FIRST CIVILIAN CASUALTY
Newsweek (Web) - 23 July
EVERY DEATH ADDS FUEL TO IRAQI FLAMES (BY THE LATE ROBIN COOK)
Scotsman - 23 July
REALITY CHECK: UK-US STATE TERRORISM & GLOBAL TERROR
Media Monitors Network - 23 July
IRAQI COFFIN-MAKERS YEARN FOR PEACE
Agence France-Presse - 23 July
IRAKS SCHWERE SUCHE NACH DER WAHRHEIT (IN GERMAN)
Die Tageszeitung - 23 July
OFF THE RECORD
Oroville Mercury-Register - 23 July
ANOTHER BAD WEEK FOR IRAQ BENCHMARKS
UPI - 22 July
IRAQ: THE HUMAN TRAGEDY
Daily Mirror - 21 July
IRAQ: THE HUMAN TRAGEDY REPORT REVEALS HORRIFIC CIVILIAN TOLL IN WAR
Daily Mirror - 21 July
IRAQ IN THE MIRROR OF FALLUJAH
openDemocracy.org - 21 July
IRAQI DEATHS (follow-up 3)
Times (London) - 06 August
IRAQI DEATHS (follow-up 2)
Times (London) - 02 August
DEATH TOLL OF IRAQI CIVILIANS (follow-up to Times article below)
Times (London) - 27 July
HOW NOT TO COUNT BODIES
Times (London) - 21 July
IRAQ | WORSE—AND MAYBE BETTER
The Economist - 21 July
DEATH IN IRAQ: DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL
The Village Voice - 21 July
BODY COUNT
Global Development Briefing - 21 July
CASUALTIES OF WAR
Times Argus - 21 July
CIVILIAN VICTIMS
Washington Post - 20 July
IRAQ BODY COUNT PUTS WAR'S TOLL AT 25,000
ABC News (Australia) - 20 July
REPORT TALLIES ALMOST 25,000 CIVILIANS SLAIN
L.A.Times - 20 July
IRAQ CONSTITUTION BODY IN TURMOIL
Reuters - 20 July
CIVILIAN TOLL IN IRAQ IS PLACED AT NEARLY 25,000
New York Times - 20 July
ESTIMATING CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ
New York Times - 20 July
CONSERVATIVE SURVEY FINDS, ANALYZES 25,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ
The NewStandard - 20 July
THE TRUE COST FOR IRAQIS
The Herald (Scotland) - 20 July
FIGHTING IN IRAQ 'HAS COST 25,000 CIVILIAN LIVES'
Daily Telegraph - 20 July
NERVES STRETCHED TO BREAKING POINT AS BAGHDAD CLINGS TO NORMAL LIFE
Daily Telegraph - 20 July
IRAQ: SURVEY SHOWS NEARLY 25,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN TWO YEARS
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - 20 July
OCCUPATION BEHIND 37% OF IRAQI DEATHS: REPORT
IslamOnline - 20 July
SELECTED REPORTS
International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative - 19 July
GROUP: 25,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ
Associated Press - 19 July
SURVEY: 25,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN IRAQ WAR
CNN - 19 July
25,000 CIVILIANS KILLED SINCE IRAQ INVASION, SAYS REPORT
The Guardian Online - 19 July
IRAQ WAR TAKES HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS-SURVEY
Reuters - 19 July
SURVEY SAYS 25,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN IRAQ
Financial Times - 19 July
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATH REPORT
ITN - 19 July
IRAQ'S CATALOGUE OF DEATH
BBC - 19 July
'25,000 CIVILIANS' KILLED IN IRAQ
BBC - 19 July
25,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED: REPORT
Toronto Star - 19 July
DEATH AND CASUALTIES IN IRAQ – THANK GOD SOMEBODY IS DOING THE MATH
Huffington Post - 19 July
IRAQ BODY COUNT DATA: KEY POINTS
BBC - 19 July
SURVEY COUNTS 25,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ
CTV.ca - 19 July
DOSSIER OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES 2003-5: IRAQ BODY COUNT
Social Science Information Gateway - 19 July
REPORT ESTIMATES 25,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS HAVE DIED SINCE INVASION
Times (London) - 19 July
ALMOST 25,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN IRAQ IN TWO YEARS: STUDY
Agence France-Presse - 19 July
THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS KILLED
Sky News - 19 July
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAQ
Philadelphia Inquirer - 15 May
TALLY OF CIVILIAN DEATHS DEPENDS ON WHO'S COUNTING
San Francisco Chronicle - 12 May
POLITICS & POLICIES: DIVIDE IRAQ?
UPI - 11 May
THE OCCUPATION GETS MORE SADDAM-LIKE EVERYDAY
Counterpunch - 10 May
U.S. DEATHS IN IRAQ SURPASS 1,600
CNN - 09 May
WHAT'S IN A NUMBER?
USA Today - 04 May
EDITORIAL: THE BEST FACE OF AMERICA
Capital Times - 04 May
U.S. SEEN AS UNACCOUNTABLE IN IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
Reuters - 03 May
2 YEARS AFTER 'WAR,' IRAQ STILL CRIPPLED BY VIOLENCE
Agence France-Presse - 30 April
IRAQ'S END TO OPTIMISM
Open Democracy - 28 April
TERRIFIED US SOLDIERS ARE STILL KILLING CIVILIANS WITH IMPUNITY, WHILE THE DEAD GO UNCOUNTED
The Independent - 24 April
COUNTING THE DEAD IN IRAQ
Socialist Worker - 23 April
BALANCING THE IRAQ EQUATION
Inter Press Service - 22 April
MARLA RUZICKA'S LIFE AND DEATH DREW ATTENTION TO IRAQ ISSUES
Philadelphia Inquirer - 20 April
AID WORKER UNCOVERED AMERICA'S SECRET TALLY OF IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS
The Independent - 20 April
WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
Cavalier Daily - 15 April
IRAQ: BRITISH MILITARY STATISTICS SHED LIGHT ON WAR DEATHS
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - 13 April
THE COST OF THE IRAQI CONFLICT
Daily Collegian - 12 April
COUNTING IRAQ'S DEAD: TWO YEARS ON
Islam Online Live Dialogue with IBC's John Sloboda - 09 April
ARE BUSH & CO. WAR CRIMINALS?
The Georgia Straight - 07 April
IRAQ INSURGENCY HAS KILLED 6,000 CIVILIANS
Reuters - 05 April
THE MORAL OF IRAQ
Watching the Watchers - 31 March
HUMAN TOLL UNDERSTATED
Press & Sun Bulletin - 30 March (letter)
IRAQ WAR'S 2ND ANNIVERSARY NOTED
Connection Newspspers - 24 March
WAR STILL HAS VARIED EFFECTS ON CAMPUS
UCLA Daily Bruin - 21 March
CRIME AS LETHAL AS WARFARE IN IRAQ
Los Angeles Times - 20 March
TWO YEARS LATER
Hudson Reporter - 19 March
IRAQ INSECURITY RIFE TWO YEARS AFTER INVASION
Agence France-Presse - 19 March
'19,000 CIVILIANS DIED IN IRAQ WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS'
Zaman Online - 18 March
MARKING WAR WITH PRAYER, PROTEST
Wisconsin State Journal - 18 March
COUNTING THE DEAD IN IRAQ
Sydney Morning Herald - 16 March (Australian parliamentary speech)
IRAQ DEATH POLICY 'IRRESPONSIBLE'
BBC - 11 March
UK AND U.S. RAPPED OVER IRAQI DEAD COUNT
Reuters - 11 March
EYES WIDE OPEN (archived at Archive.org)
PNN Online - 10 March
'EYES WIDE OPEN' BRINGS WAR INTO FOCUS
San Diego Union-Tribune - 10 March
ITALIAN CHECKPOINT DEATH STIRS SAFETY DEBATE
PBS - 09 March
AND THEY WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
Seacoast Online - 04 March
CASUALTIES IN THE IRAQ WAR
CBC - 03 March
US DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ REACHES 1,500
The Times - 03 March
PEACE MOVEMENT GEARS UP FOR GLOBAL PROTESTS ON WAR ANNIVERSARY
Inter Press Service - 24 February
CRITICS ARE WILLING IRAQ TO FAIL
Sydney Morning Herald - 24 February
PEACE EXHIBIT COMING TO GRAPE DAY PARK
North County Times - 21 February
GRIEVING FOR THE VICTIMS OF WAR
Berkshire Eagle - 14 February
DRESDEN: 60 YEARS AGO, AERIAL BOMBING BECAME GRISLY FACT OF MODERN WARFARE
Stars and Stripes - 14 February
SHIITES WIN RESOUNDING VICTORY IN IRAQ'S LANDMARK ELECTION
Agence France-Presse - 13 February
IRAQ TRAPPED IN A TERRIBLE VICE BETWEEN RUTHLESS INSURGENTS AND UNLOVED OCCUPIERS
Guardian - 12 February
PANEL DISCUSSES IRAQ WAR
Stanford Daily - 07 February
IRAQ: BRITONS WANT IRAQI CASUALTY INVESTIGATION
Noticias.info - 06 February (MORI poll results)
MAJORITY BACK IRAQI TOLL INQUIRY
Reuters - 02 February
'I AM LEFT IN MISERY – AND NOW I SHOULD GO AND VOTE. WHY? FOR MY RUINED HOUSE? FOR MY DEAD SON?'
Sunday Telegraph - 30 January
CROSS-NATIONAL COMMEMORATION IN THE IRAQ WAR
The Polynational War Memorial - 28 January
COUNTING THE DEAD - THE IRAQ BODY COUNT PROJECT
The Polynational War Memorial - 28 January
IS THE WORLD SAFER NOW?
The Independent - 28 January
A TURNING-POINT FOR IRAQ, FOR BETTER OR WORSE
Economist - 28 January
FIGHTER PILOT
Straight.com - 27 January
RESEARCHERS WHO RUSHED INTO PRINT A STUDY OF IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS NOW WONDER WHY IT WAS IGNORED
Chronicle of Higher Education - 27 January
U.S. MARINE, IRAQI SOLDIER DIE, U.S. SAYS; AP PUTS TOLL AT 11
Bloomberg - 27 January
CIVILIAN DEATHS 'REACHING 10,000'
Daily Telegraph - 27 January
A FANTASY OF FREEDOM
Guardian - 24 January
IRAQI DEATHS DRAW SCANT COVERAGE
Palm Beach Post - 23 January
COMMENTARY: FACING UP TO TRAGEDY
Albuquerque Tribune - 20 January
PRESIDENT BUSH NO KING
Arizona Daily Wildcat - 19 January
TELLER IRAKS KRIGSOFRE
Morgenbladet (Norway) - 14-20 January
IRAQI POLICE CASUALTIES OVER 1,000
UPI - 11 January
THE RISING NUMBERS OF DEAD IN BUSH'S LOST WAR
The Washington Dispatch - 03 January

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