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FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq
06 Mar 2007 07:36:20 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 6 (Reuters) - Six U.S. soldiers were killed by a blast north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, in one of the single deadliest ground attacks against American forces in Iraq in months.

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 3,181

Britain 133

Other nations 124

IRAQIS:

Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#

Civilians Between 57,805 and 63,573*

# = 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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A veiled Shi'ite pilgrim takes part in a procession during the Arbain religious ceremony in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, March 8, 2007. More than a million Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims poured into Iraq 's holy city of Kerbala to mark Arbain, the end of a 40-day mourning period since Ashura, which marks the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein in 680AD.