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Reference

IBC Press coverage Up to 3 Nov 2005

Contents

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 (cont.)

2004

U.S. JETS DROP 1-TON BOMBS NEAR
The Militant - 28 December
PONDERING THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS
Minneapolis Star-Tribune - 26 December
TIME TO LEAVE IRAQ
The Progressive - 23 December
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TARGETED IN WAVE OF ATTACKS
Agence France-Presse - 12 December
SECRET DEATHS SHAME BLAIR
Sunday Herald - 12 December (Leader)
IN IRAQI ER, A LONG, GRIM SHIFT
Washington Post - 12 December
DEAD AND BURIED
Sunday Herald - 12 December
ARE WE THERE YET?
Dissident Voice - 11 December
THE DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ
The Des Moines Register - 10 December
BLAIR REJECTS CALL FOR COUNT OF IRAQI DEATHS
The Guardian - 09 December
BLAIR CALLED UPON TO PRODUCE AN OFFICIAL RECORD OF IRAQI DEATHS
ABC Radio (Australia) - 09 December
NO EXCUSES
The Guardian - 09 Dec (IBC/Medact commentary)
DEAD RECKONING
Guardian - 09 December (Leader)
BLAIR REJECTS IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS INQUIRY
Daily Telegraph - 08 December
SHOULD WE COUNT DEAD IRAQI CIVILIANS?
BBC - 08 December
ACADEMICS CALL FOR IRAQI BODYCOUNT
Guardian - 08 December
LETTER TO BLAIR SEEKS IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS INQUIRY
Scotsman - 07 December
TOP TEN NEWS STORIES OF 2004 FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC 2005
World Almanac 2005 - 07 December
IRAQ TOLL BOMB TICKS ON BLAIR
The Telegraph (Calcutta)/Reuters - 07 December
IRAQ FACES PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, GROUP REPORTS
Washington Post - 30 November
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
Newsweek - 29 November
WHY DOES 'NEW YORK TIMES' CALL CASUALTY COUNT FROM APRIL FALLUJAH BATTLE 'UNCONFIRMED' OR 'INFLATED'?
Editor and Publisher - 23 November
ACTION ALERT: NEW YORK TIMES REWRITES FALLUJAH HISTORY
FAIR.org - 16 November
MILITARY SEEKS TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
FOX News - 16 November
CRIMES IN IRAQ
IslamOnline - 11 November
HOW MANY DEAD INNOCENT IRAQIS IS TOO MANY?
The Age - 09 November
FALLUJA CAN ONLY BE WON WHEN THE BATTLE ENDS AND PEOPLE HAVE WATER
Observer - 07 November
100 000 EXCESS CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ SINCE MARCH 2003
British Medical Journal - 06 November
INNOCENT ACCOUNTING ERRORS
WNYC Radio - 05 November
TALLYING THE HUMAN TOLL OF IRAQ WAR
Centre Daily Times - 04 November
FOUR MORE YEARS FOR AL–QAIDA
Open Democracy - 04 November
100,000 IRAQIS DEAD: SHOULD WE BELIEVE IT?
Zmag - 03 November
VIGILS HELD FOR IRAQ WAR VICTIMS
SBS Radio News - 02 November
'IRAQ, AL-QAIDA AND A RENEWED CALIPHATE'
Oxford Research Group International Security Monthly Briefing - October
IRAQ: US PLANS ANOTHER FALLUJAH BLOODBATH
Green Left Weekly - 03 November
HITTING HOME
North County Times - 30 October
IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS REPORT QUESTIONED
Reuters - 29 October
100,000 DEAD—OR 8,000
Slate - 29 October
REPORT PUTS FALLUJA CIVILIAN TOLL AT 600
Aljazeera - 29 October
IRAQ DEATH TOLL 'SOARED POST-WAR'
BBC - 29 October
SURVEY: IRAQI DEATHS HIGHER
Baltimore Sun - 29 October
100,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS ESTIMATED IN IRAQ
Washington Post - 29 October
SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE 100,000 IRAQI DEATHS
Associated Press - 28 October
STUDY: 100,000 EXCESS CIVILIAN IRAQI DEATHS SINCE WAR
Reuters - 28 October
BRUTALISING FALLUJANS WITH TACTICS WORTHY OF THE NAZIS
The Herald - 28 October
LETTER ON IRAQ 'SAFETY' ABSURD IN THE EXTREME
News & Record - 18 October (reader's letter)
IGNORANCE NOT A POLICY FOR IRAQ
Palm Beach Post - 17 October
94 REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH
Orlando Weekly - 14 October
FORMER CIA ANALYST SAYS IRAQ POLICIES MANIPULATED
Penn State Digital Collegian - 13 October
FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL UNDECIDED
OpinionEditorials.com - 08 October
THE SUICIDE OF AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN
Counterpunch - 05 October
U.S. OPTS FOR RISKY TACTIC IN IRAQ
Dallas Morning News - 04 October
ONSLAUGHT ON SAMARRA ESCALATES IN 'DRESS REHEARSAL' FOR MAJOR US ASSAULT ON REBELS
The Independent - 03 October
BOOTS, SHOES GIVE SENSE OF IRAQ WAR TOLL
MLive.com - 01 October
THE YEAR OF SURRENDERING QUIETLY
New Left Review - September-October
IRAQI DEATH COUNT RISES AS TROOP TOLL PASSES 1000
The Dominion, Canada - 30 September
30 DAYS IN IRAQ
Channel 4 News (UK) - 30 September
BILLIONAIRE SOROS STARTS HIS OWN ASSAULT ON BUSH
Cox News Service - 29 September
MILITARY DRAFT CONSIDERED IN HOUSE, SENATE
Challenge Group Newspapers - 28 September
IRAQ'S "TURKISH" SOLUTION
Insight Magazine - 28 September
CROWDED BAGHDAD MORGUE A BELLWETHER FOR MOUNTING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
Knight-Ridder - 27 September
IRAQ WAR DEAD REMEMBERED IN ASHBY RESIDENT’S TRIBUTE
Berkeley Daily Planet - 24 September
TRACKING THE FALLEN
Eastbay Express - 22 September
COUNTING THE CIVILIAN COST IN IRAQ
BBC - 22 September
U.N. CHIEF URGES WORLD LEADERS TO PROTECT CIVILIANS
IPS-Inter Press Service - 21 September
THE WAR'S TOLL ON IRAQI CIVILIANS
Washington Post - 21 September
WORLD OPINION ROUNDUP
Washington Post - 21 September (Live Online Discussion)
CAPTURE THE FLAG
New York Press - 21 September
JUSTIFICATION FOR INVADING IRAQ COLLAPSES
Asahi Shimbun - 17 September
PRESIDENT WAS TOLD IN JULY OF CIVIL WAR RISK IN IRAQ
The Guardian - 17 September
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TERRORISTS IS NOT THE SAME AS EXCUSING THEM
Salt Lake Tribune - 16 September
MARINES AND COAL MINERS: BUSH DISHONORS ALL VETERANS
People's Weekly World - 16 September
3,000 IRAQI DEAD NAMED
The Guardian - 16 September
IRAQ: WHAT WENT WRONG?
Open Democracy - 16 September
'NO SECURITY IN IRAQ'
Thursday, September 16, 2004
WAR OR TERROR: WHAT'S WORSE?
Times of India - 15 September
NONE DARE CALL IT MURDER
Dissident Voice - 15 September
UNION CHIEFS DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF UK TROOPS FROM IRAQ
Scotsman - 15 September
INNOCENTS ARE PAYING THE PRICE IN IRAQ
Gulf News - 14 September
'WE ARE LOSING OUR PEOPLE'
Chicago Tribune - 14 September
CAR BOMB KILLS DOZENS
Seattle Times - 14 September
THE PRESIDENTIAL WAR PATH
LewRockwell.com - 14 September
IRAQIS MOURN THEIR DEAD AWAY FROM MEDIA GLARE
Reuters - 13 September
THOUSAND LOST LIVES GRAB OUR ATTENTION
San Francisco Chronicle - 12 September
IRAQI DEATHS QUIETLY MOUNT AS OFFICIAL U.S. TROOP TOLL PASSES 1,000
The New Standard - 10 September
AGAINST THE WAR BUT SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND NATION
Reading Advocate, U.S. - 09 September
GOSHEN GROUP MOURNS THOSE KILLED IN IRAQ
South Bend Tribune - 09 September
FOR 1,000 TROOPS, THERE IS NO GOING HOME
New York Times - 09 September
BUSH LAMENTS LOSS OF LIFE IN IRAQ
BBC - 08 September
CIVILIAN, INSURGENT DEATHS HARD TO TALLY
Scripps Howard News Service - 08 September
US DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ REACHES 1,000
PolitInfo.com - 08 September
MORE THAN 10,000 IRAQIS HAVE DIED VIOLENTLY IN BAGHDAD REGION ALONE
Associated Press - 08 September
FIGHT TERROR ON ALL FRONTS
Toronto Star - 02 September
BUSH'S IDEA OF PROGRESS
Tribune - 01 September
DALYELL WARNS BLAIR OVER GRAVITY OF PLAID CASE
The Western Mail - 30 August
THE CASE FOR GETTING OUT OF IRAQ
The New Republic - 30 August
PLAYING THE GAME
Warsaw Business Journal - 30 August
MANY SEEK EXPRESSION BY ACTION
Commercial Appeal - 29 August
REMEMBERING OHIO GUARDSMAN CHARLES WILKINS
NPR Weekend Edition - 29 August
NOW FOR THE POLITICS OF LAST RESORT - IMPEACH TONY BLAIR
The Guardian - 26 August
CANDIDATES FOCUS ON THE WRONG WAR
Queens Chronicle - 26 August
U.S. PUBLIC BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT IRAQ
PIPA/Knowledge Networks Study (PDF download) - 20 August
U.S. VETS OF IRAQ FORM ANTI-WAR GROUP
Workers World - 18 August
IRAQIS BENEFITED FROM THE INVASION
The Age - 14 August
IRAQ BETWEEN INSURGENCY AND UPRISING
Open Democracy - 12 August
LETTERS: IRAQ BODY COUNT HIGHER THAN STATED
Corvallis Gazette Times - 12 August (letter)
MARCH TO RECOGNIZE CIVILIAN WAR CASUALTIES
Stamford Advocate - 11 August
IRAQ UPDATE
Veterans for Common Sense - 05 August
SURVEY CLAIMS 37,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF WAR
World Socialist Web Site - 05 August
UK ACTIVIST SEES OPENING IN IRAQ FAILURE
IPS-Inter Press Service - 04 August
DEATH'S DATABASE
Montreal Mirror - 04 August
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL: SOME THOUGHTS ON INVASIONS
Counterpunch - 02 August
THE POST-WAR WAR
Mother Jones - 02 August
CIA PUPPET INSTALLED TO PACIFY IRAQI RESISTANCE — BUT WILL IT WORK?
Freedom Socialist - August-September
IRAQI GROUP: CIVILIAN TOLL NOW 37,000
Aljazeera.Net - 31 July
IRAQ IS COSTING US PLENTY HERE AT HOME
The Pilot-Independent - 30 July
U.S. HAS PAID $4 MLN TO IRAQIS FOR LOSSES FROM WAR, OCCUPATION
Bloomberg - 28 July
THE POLITICS OF RESISTANCE
Socialist Worker - 23 July
CONTROL ROOM TURNS CAMERA ONTO AL-JAZEERA
CTV.ca - 22 July
U.S. TOLL IN IRAQ REACHES 900
Newsday 22 - July 2004
PAYING THE PRICE: THE MOUNTING COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR
Institute for Policy Studies - 20 July
THE HUMAN COST OF WAR
Cape Cod Times - 16 July
THE PRICE OF IMPERIAL FOLLY
Alternet - 15 July
"REGRETTABLE" STATISTICS
IslamOnline - 13 July
SECRET DAILY DEATH TOLL TRUE PRICE OF VIOLENCE
Agence France-Presse/Jordan Times - 12 July
COALITION DEATHS TOP 1,000 YOMIURI SHIMBUN CORRESPONDENT
Yomiuri Shimbun - 11 July
AMERICA IS NO BETTER THAN THE TERRORISTS
The Union Leader - 10 July
US-LED FORCES DEATH TOLL PASSES 1000
Aljazeera.net - 09 July
CHANGING GOVERNMENTS IN IRAQ WON'T EXTRICATE TROOPS
Sacramento Observer - 06 July
LOSING CREDIBILITY WITH AMERICANS
Chicago Tribune - 05 July
THEY BEHEAD; WE DO IT WITH SMART BOMBS
Los Angeles Times - 04 July
THE EXORBITANT COST OF WAR
Sacramento Observer - 02 July
NOTES FROM GROUND ZERO
Zmag - 01 July
CLUSTERS OF DEATH
IPS-Inter Press Service - 30 Jun
IRAQ PM SAYS VICTIMS OF TERROR SHOULD BE COMPENSATED
The News International, Pakistan - 28 June
WAR: WHAT WAS IT GOOD FOR?
Daily Mirror - 28 June
REMEMBERING GUATEMALA, 1954: IT’S THE IMPUNITY, STUPID
CommonDreams.org - 22 June
WHERE ARE THE REFUGEES?
National Review Online - 21 June
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE WORKERS OF NASIRIYAH WHO REFUSED TO MAKE WAY FOR WAR
OpEdNews.com - 18 June
NEW U.N. RESOLUTION
Asahi Shimbun - 11 June
IRAQI CASUALTIES ARE COUNTED
Southern Illinoisian - 08 June (letter)
POPE TO DUBYA: "THAT MEANS MURDER, BABY!"
Buzzflash - 06 June
INTERFAITH SERVICE MEMORIALIZES IRAQI WAR DEAD
Associated Press - 05 June
FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED IN ATTACK AS DEATH TOLL EXCEEDS 600
Agence France-Presse - 04 June
OTAK TAKES ITS EXPERTISE TO IRAQ
Portland Tribune - 04 June
INSIDE AMERICA'S ANIMAL HOUSE
Counterpunch - 04 June
TIME TO LEAVE
The Nation - 03 June
COUNTING COALITION CASUALTIES
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - June
MEMORIAL DAY'S OPPOSITE: WARMONGERS' DAY
Dissident Voice - 31 May
I HAVE MET THE ENEMY...
CommonDreams.org - 28 May
BRING IT ON
Denver Westword - 27 May
MEMORIAL WEEKEND: A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON FREEDOMS
Hillsboro Argus - 27 May
Fact of Fiction?
Southeast Missuorian - 24 May
ORDINARY IRAQIS KILLED: 11,500 AND NOT COUNTING
The Independent - 23 May
STRAW URGED TO REVEAL IRAQ DEATH TOLL
Scotsman - 19 May
HAMIT DARDAGAN OF IBC INTERVIEWED
BBC Radio 'Today' - 19 May
FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW INTERVIEWED
BBC Radio 'Today' - 18 May
COUNTING THE COST
The Guardian - 19 May
BEYOND ABU GHRAIB
The American Prospect Online - 18 May
SHORT URGES RESPONSIBLE EXIT STRATEGY FROM IRAQ
Scotsman - 17 May
ALLIES ACCUSED OF BREAKING GENEVA CONVENTIONS ON CIVILIAN LOSSES
The Independent - 17 May
PUBLIC DEATHS, ANONYMOUS DEATHS -- THEY ALL ADD UP TO DEATH
Globe and Mail - 15 May
A SOURCE OF SOURCES STEPS FORWARD
Ledger Dispatch - 14 May
CONCERNING INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
Ralph Nader [Open Letter to Pres. Bush] - 13 May
TORTURE IS NEWS BUT IT'S NOT NEW
Daily Mirror - 07 May
REINSTATING THE REIGN OF TERROR
Jordan Times - 06 May
DOOMED TO FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Guardian - 27 April
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN IRAQ
PBS Newshour - 26 April
ROCKET FIRE KILLS 5 GIS
Newsday - 25 April
REPORTING CAN'T BECOME WAR CASUALTY
The Oregonian - 25 April
NEW BOOK EXAMINES BUSH'S ETHICS
Australian Broadcasting Company - 23 April
HOPKINTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTEST WAR
Hopkinton Crier - 23 April
BOX SCORE FOR THE WAR
Newsweek Online - 17 April
MEDIA OMITTING CRUCIAL FACTS
North Carolina State Technician - 16 April
DEEPER INTO THE QUAGMIRE
Toronto Star - 15 April
THE DEAD WON'T CHANGE US PUBLIC OPINION
Guardian - 14 April
U.S. TROOPS PREPARE FOR SHOWDOWN WITH AL-SADR
CTV, Canada - 13 April
BUSH VACATIONS WHILE U.S. SOLDIERS DIE
The Moscow Times - 12 April
NO REASON TO REST
Al-Ahram Weekly - 08-14 April
U.S. LOSES CONTROL OF TWO CITIES
Guardian - 08 April
IRAQ'S CIVILIAN TOLL UNCOUNTED
Cox News Service - 31 March
WHO COUNTS THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES?
Christian Science Monitor - 31 March
IRAQI VICTIMS OF WAR: FACT SHEET
Aljazeera - 16 March
UNCOUNTED DEAD
Mother Jones - 30 March
DON'T IRAQIS COUNT?
Salt Lake Tribune (reader's letter) - 27 March
MEMORIAL WALL COMMEMORATES IRAQ DEAD AND WOUNDED
Dissident Voice - 27 March
CIVILIANS UNDER ATTACK
Newsday - 27 March
IRAQIS 'MISSING IN ACTION' AS POLLSTERS TAKE HOLD IN BAGHDAD
ElectronicIraq.net - 26 March
ANNIVERSARY OF A BOMBING
Alternet - 25 March
THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ
Boston Globe - 24 March
IRAQ'S CHILDREN OF THE BOMBLET
Village Voice - 23 March
IRAQ: ONE YEAR LATER
Hi Pakistan - 23 March
AREA CITIZENS PROTEST IRAQ WAR
Brainerd Dispatch - 22 March
A YEAR AFTER THE INVASION THE SPECTRE OF MURDEROUS CIVIL WAR STILL HANGS OVER IRAQ
Financial Times - 20 March
LOCAL ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS FEEL VINDICATED
Flint Journal - 18 March
IRAQIS' DISTRUST IN U.S. WARRANTED
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 19 March
PEACE GROUP UNVEILS DISPLAY PROTESTING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Associated Press - 18 March
JOURNALISTS FIND MANY WAYS TO KILL TRUTH IN IRAQ
Common Dreams - 18 March
NOW IS THE TIME FOR FURIOUS COMMON SENSE
The Times (London) - 17 March
AMERICA BOMBED THIS HOUSE
Pacifica - 16 March
EXPLOSION ROCKS SHIA OFFICE IN IRAQ
Aljazeera - 10 March
RUBBER NUMBERS AND THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE
Dissident Voice - 08 March
ENEMY AND ALLY REDEFINED ONCE AGAIN
Tufts Daily - 08 March
GRIEVING AND ANGRY
Newsday - 07 March
BUSH SENDS NEW TROOPS TO IRAQ
Workers World - 04 March
CHINA-US SPAT OVER HUMAN RIGHTS COMES AHEAD OF GENEVA SESSION
Cybercast News Service - 02 March
WHO IS KEEPING A TALLY OF THE CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ?
Khilafah.com - 18 February
MISSING IN ACTION IN IRAQ
Globe and Mail - 18 February
IRAQNOPHOBIA
Nation Institute/Tom Dispatch - 14 February
IRAQ AND AL-QAEDA
Asia Times - 13 February
IRAQI DEATHS RISE BUT NO COUNT ON BODIES
Reuters - 12 February
"A SPECTACLE OF IGNORANCE, CYNICISM AND INDIFFERENCE"
World Socialist Web Site - 10 February
IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS SAID TO PASS 10,000
UPI - 08 February
THE TERRIBLE HUMAN COST OF BUSH AND BLAIR'S MILITARY ADVENTURE: 10,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS
The Independent - 08 February
BLOOD ON OUR HANDS: U.S. BOMBS AND THE CIVILIANS THEY KILL
Impact Press - 04 February
FRIDAY! EDITOR SAYS 'SEE Y'ALL,' HE'LL BE WRITING TO YOU FROM IRAQ
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 30 January
WE MUST HONOUR THE DEAD
The Guardian 19 December - (IBC op-ed)
DEAN, DEMOCRATS, AND DEMOCRACY
Zmag - 26 January
PENNSYLVANIA HAS MADE MANY SACRIFICES IN MANY WAYS
Pennsylvania Times Leader - 26 January
STUDY NOTES HIGH PERCENT OF BLACK DEATHS IN IRAQ
Atlanta Daily News - 21 January
GEORGE W BUSH AND THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION
The Independent - 20 January
IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATH QUESTIONS REMAIN
People's Weekly World - 08 January
BUSH'S PROJECTION OF ISRAEL'S WORLDVIEW
Media Monitors Network - 16 January
DISTURBING NEWS ON IRAQ
Dar al-Hayat - 07 January
BRITAIN COMPENSATES FAMILIES OF IRAQI DEAD
Reuters - 07 January

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