On AlterNet: death toll

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225,000 Dead and $4 Trillion Spent on Iraq and Afghanistan -- That's Now the Conservative Estimate

David Isenberg, Asia Times. July 19, 2011.

Just how much have America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost since 2001? The truth is that we don't yet know -- but the estimates keep spiraling.

Wikileaks Docs Underestimate Iraqi Dead

John Tirman, AlterNet. October 25, 2010.

For all their value, the newly leaked documents will, unfortunately, reinforce the inaccurate lower estimates of Iraqi mortality.

Huge Toll Feared in Haiti Earthquake

Independent UKJanuary 13, 2010.

The dead and injured lay in the streets even as strong aftershocks rippled through the impoverished Caribbean country.

GRITtv: Iraq Body Count

Laura Flanders, GRITtv AlterNet: Politics. May 27, 2009.

A Memorial Day tribute to the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who have died in these US wars.

Israeli Assault Injures 1.5 Million Gazans

Jonathan Cook, AlterNet. January 17, 2009.

In addition to the 1,000 deaths, there are some 1.5 million injured in Gaza. How has such an astounding figure passed the world's media by?

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Hits 7-Month High

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. May 2, 2008.

The killing of three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad raised the number killed in April to 47, reversing a trend towards lower American casualties.

The Real Story Behind the Falling Casualty Rate in Iraq

AlterNetNovember 12, 2007.

Much is being made of an apparent decrease in violence in Iraq. Here's the rest of the story.

The Real Reason Why Fewer U.S. Soldiers Are Dying in Iraq

Robert Parry, Consortium News. August 13, 2007.

Mindful of the political fallout from the rising American death toll in Iraq, the U.S. military has pulled back from widespread use of aggressive tactics with ground troops this summer.

Rural America Pays the Price for War in Iraq

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. January 27, 2007.

American dead of the Iraq and Afghan occupations come disproportionately from rural America.

Iraqi Death Toll: Why the UN Can't Count

Jon Wiener, TheNation.com. January 17, 2007.

The UN has drastically underreported the number of Iraqis killed in 2006.

The Real Cost of the Iraq War: 50,000 U.S. Casualties

Michael Munk, AlterNet. January 4, 2007.

Death is not the only measure of loss in Iraq. What about all of the lost limbs, bloodshed and other casualties that aren't being reported?