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which the Coalition does not have visibility, in particular, murders and deaths in locations
where Coalition forces are not present."2
While the chart provides a guideline to Iraqi civilian deaths trends, the specific data
used to create the chart have not been released. Using the DOD chart as a guideline,
therefore, CRS has reproduced an approximation of the original chart in the figure below.
Figure 1. Estimated Iraqi Civilian Deaths, January 2006 to May 2008
--Coalition and Iraqi Reports --w- Coalition Reports Only
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Source: CRS rendition of DOD graph, as derived from Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq,
[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Master_16_June_08_%20FINAL_SIGNED%20.pdf]. Multi-National
Corps - Iraq Strategic Plans Assessments Iraq Significant Activities (SIGACTS) III database (Coalition
Reports Only) and (Coalition and Iraqi Reports) as of May 2008.
For some time, the United Nations attempted to release comprehensive statistics on
Iraqi civilian deaths. From August 2005 to March 2007, the United Nations Assistance
Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) published a series of quarterly reports on human rights in Iraq
that included sections on Iraqi civilian casualties. On April 25, 2007, however, the Iraqigovernment announced its intention to cease providing civilian casualty figures to the
United Nations.3 Ivana Vuco, a UN human rights officer, stated, "[Iraqi] government
officials had made clear during discussions that they believed releasing high casualty
numbers would make it more difficult to quell unrest."4 The most recent UNAMI report
on human rights, released on October 11, 2007, and concerning the period between April -
2 U.S. Department of Defense, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Measuring Stability and Security in
Iraq: December 2007 Report to Congress in Accordance with the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act 2007 (Section 9010), December 2007, p. 18, at [http://www.defenselink.mil/
pubs/pdfs/FINAL-SecDef%20Signed-20071214.pdf].
3 Tina Susman, "Iraq won't give casualty figures to U.N.," Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2007,
p.12.
4 Ibid.
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Fischer, Hannah. Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates, report, August 27, 2008; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs10683/m1/2/?q=iraq+reconstruction: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.