Julian's Jabberings

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Thursday, July 07, 2005

London bombing and Iraq

I was wondering how the London bombing compared to the Iraqi death toll.

According to the Iraq Body Count, between 22787 and 25814 civilians have been reported killed by military intervention in Iraq. That works out to roughly 30 per day. When you include military casualties, the London bombing amounts to a typical day in Iraq.

I don't intend to minimize the horror of the London bombing. It just provides some perspective about how much suffering the Iraqi people have faced.

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