The truth behind: " I would say 30,000, more or less, have died"

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BUSH: Thank you. Sit down, please.

I've got a little extra time on my hands, so I thought I might answer some questions.

QUESTION: Since the inception of the Iraq war, I'd like to know the approximate total of the Iraqis who have been killed. And by Iraqis, I include civilians, military, police, insurgents, translators...

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BUSH: How many Iraqi citizens have died in this war? I would say 30,000, more or less, have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis.

We've lost about 2,140 of our own troops in Iraq.

http://www.iraqbodycount.net/database/

Reported Minimum 27383
Reported Maximum 30892

http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20050726-121818-8711r.htm

50,000 Iraqi insurgents dead, caught

THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 26, 2005


U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or arrested more than 50,000 Iraqi insurgents in the past seven months, a former top general who has headed repeated Pentagon assessment missions to Iraq said yesterday.

Gen. Jack Keane, a former deputy chief of staff for the Army, also said the United States has a good picture of the leadership of the vicious insurgency but less of an idea about its mid- and lower-level ranks.

"We know who they are," he told a lunch gathering sponsored by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He said the eight to 10 leaders "occasionally meet -- we've recorded that -- not just in Iraq, but in Jordan and Syria."

Gen. Keane's remarks provided a rare insight into the extent of U.S.-led operations against an insurgency that has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in the past few weeks alone.