There are no official figures on Iraqi civilian deaths, but unofficial estimates range from at least 15,000 to almost 100,000 since the March 2003 invasion. (More than 1,300 US troops have been killed in the same period).

The insurgency appears to be growing. In Sunni areas north and west of Baghdad, insurgents led by the Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are reported to have joined forces with Saddam loyalists and are increasingly targeting Shia civilians.

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Source:
Security & Insurgency
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/post_saddam_iraq/html/3.stm

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