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FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq
20 May 2007 14:09:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with new incidents)

May 20 (Reuters) - Six U.S. soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.

Earlier South Korea announced one of its soldiers was found dead inside a barber's shop at a South Korean military camp in Iraq. His death is the first in the South Korean contingent in Iraq. Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003:

U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 3,419

Britain 148

Other nations 127

IRAQIS:

Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#

Civilians Between 63,929 and 70,023*

# = Think-tank estimates for military under Saddam Hussein killed during the 2003 war. No reliable official figures have been issued since new security forces were set up in late 2003.

* = From www.iraqbodycount.net (IBC), run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources. IBC says on its Web site that the figure underestimates the true number of casualties.


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