Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Twenty-First Century

List of Recurring Sources

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Continued from Twentieth Century:

1. Afghanistan (to 2001)
2. Algeria (to 2002)
3. Chechnya
4. Colombia
5. Congo Major (to 2003)
6. Ethiopia vs. Eritrea (to 2000)
7. India
8. Iraq (to 2003)
9. Indonesia - Aceh
10. Indonesia - Irian Jaya
11. Indonesia - Moluccas
12. Irian Jaya
13. Israel-Palestine
14. Kashmir
15. Korean DMZ
16. Kurdistan
17. Moluccas
18. Myanmar
19. Nepal
20. Nigeria
21. North Korea
22. Northern Ireland
23. Philippines
24. Al-Qaeda
25. Russia - Chechnya
26. Sierra Leone
27. Somalia
28. Sri Lanka
29. Sudan
30. Terrorism
31. Uganda

New Wars and Conflicts:

1. Ituri, Congo Major (1999- )
   • March 2, 2005 CNN: "According to the U.N., fighting between the Hema and Lendu tribes in Ituri has claimed more than 50,000 lives since 1999"
   • Human Rights Watch: 60,000+ [http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/11/congo10311.htm]
2. Guinea (2000- )
   • Gov't vs. RFDG
     • Ploughshares 2000: 1,000
3. Macedonia (2001)
   • Albanian uprising: unknown
4. Afghanistan (2001- )
   • Military Deaths
     • 21 March 2002 The Western Mail (Financial Times Information): 5,000-10,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda K,Wd or Cap. [Dead alone would be ca. 1/4 that, i.e. 1,250-2,500]
     • 14 Oct. 2002 Time: 5,000 Taliban and Al Qaeda KIA; 23 USAns.
     • Iraq Coalition Casualty Count: 139 USAns (to 16 Oct 2004)
   • Atrocities:
     • 26 Aug. 2002 Newsweek: 960-1,000+ Taliban POWs k. by Northern Alliance
   • Indirect Civilian Deaths
     • 20 May 2002 [London] Guardian: Max. war-related avoidable deaths: 49,600
       • Remained at home, relief disrupted: 40,000 d. max.
       • Refugee d. in camps: 1,600
       • Refugee d. outside the camps: 8,000
       • Of those, 60%-80% would have happened anyway, so 20%-40% US fault: 10,000-19,840 at max.
       • Also cited: Director of the Project for Defence Alternatives: above 20,000 d. unlikely.
   • Direct Civilian Deaths
     • 12 Feb. 2002 [London] Guardian: 2,000-8,000
     • Marc Herold: 3,767 (Oct. 7-Dec. 6) [http://www.cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm]. Revised overall death toll (October 7 to February 6) is 3,000 to 3,600 [Guardian (London), 20 May 2002]
     • 14 Oct. 2002 Time: <3,000
     • 3 June 2002 LA Times: 1,067 to 1,201 civilian deaths (not incl. 497 deaths that were not identified as either civilian or military). Also cited:
       • Relief officials with interim Afghan government: 1,000 to 2,000
       • Herold: 3,050 to 3,500
     • Project on Defense Alternatives (18 Jan. 2002): 1,000-1,300 [http://www.comw.org/pda/0201oef.html]
     • 11 Feb. 2002 AP: 500-600
     • Some officials of Human Rights Watch privately: 100-350 by Dec. 2001 [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0207-03.htm or http://wsjclassroomedition.com/tj_120401_casu.htm]
     • MEDIAN: 1,134-1,500
   • ESTIMATED TOTAL KILLED (my guess 12 Feb. 2005)
     • USA: 23
     • Taliban, Al Qaeda: 1,250-5,000 (Western Mail, Time)
     • POWs killed: 960-1,000 (Newsweek)
     • Northern Alliance: 500-2,000 (pure guess: @ 40% of opponents)
     • Civilians: 1,134-1,500 (median)
     • TOTAL: ca. 3,900-9,500 k. to Summer 2002
5. Ivory Coast, Civil War (2002- )
   • 26 March 2003 AP: 3,000
6. Iraq, American Occupation (2003- )
   • [Relevant sources in chronological order]
   • May 28, 2003 Guardian: est. 13,500-45,000 Iraqi troops and paramilitaries KIA. ("may lie closer to the lower figure")
   • Project on Defense Alternatives (20 Oct. 2003). Iraqi fatalities [http://www.comw.org/pda/0310rm8.html]
     • Combatants: 9,200 ± 1,600
     • Non-combatants: 3,750 ± 550
     • Total: 12,950 ± 2,150
   • 17 March 2004 NYTimes
     • Civilians killed in Iraq (during conquest, 20 March -1 May, 2003): acc2 ...
       • Civic: 5000+
       • Project on Defense Alternatives: 3,200 - 4,300
     • Iraqi Interior Ministry, preliminary figures: ca. 500 Iraqi civilians killed by Coalition forces during the occupation.
   • 19 March 2004 NY Post
     • During conquest (19 March 2003-1 May 2003)
       • U.S: 85 k
       • Iraqi combatants: 13,000
       • Iraqi civilians: 4,300
       • [TOTAL: ca. 17,400]
   • USA Today (1 June 2004): 37 Iraqi & Afghan POWs died in U.S. custody - 15 of them shot, strangled or beaten.
   • 8 Sept. 2004 AP: 10,000-30,000 Iraqis k since war began, citing
     • Amnesty Int.: 10,000 civ. k. in 1st year.
     • Human Rights Organization in Iraq: 30,000
     • Iraqi Health Ministry: 2,956 civilians k. nationwide, 5 Apr.-31 Aug. 2004
     • Sheik Omar Clinic: 10,363 violent deaths in/around Baghdad since war began
     • Iraq Body Count: 11,793-13,802
   • 17 Sept. 2004 Christian Science Monitor: 700 Iraqi police k. since war's end. http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0917/p01s02-woiq.html
   • Brookings Inst. [http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/ohanlon/20040917.htm]
     • U.S. troop fatalities in Iraq: 1,005
     • Iraqi civilians k. April 30, 2003-July 30, 2004: 11,400-22,200
     • Iraqi police k. since May 2003: 710
   • 24 Sept. 2004 Knight-Ridder
     • "Operations by U.S. and multinational forces and Iraqi police are killing twice as many Iraqis - most of them civilians - as attacks by insurgents, according to statistics compiled by the Iraqi Health Ministry and obtained exclusively by Knight Ridder." [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9753303.htm]
     • From June 10 to Sept. 10, 1,295 Iraqis were killed in clashes with multinational forces and police versus 516 killed in terrorist operations
   • 28 Oct 2004: study in The Lancet medical journal estimates 98,000 extra deaths during the postwar period. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=206232 and http://www.tnr.com/blog/iraqd?pid=2240 and http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7967-2004Oct28.html]
   • 28 Jan. 2005 BBC: Iraq's Ministry of Health, Official figures: 3,274 Iraqi civilians k: 2,041 by coalition and Iraqi security forces + 1,233 by insurgents (1 July 2004 to 1 Jan. 2005) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/4217413.stm]
   • 8 Feb. 2005 CNN: "U.S. military believes it killed between 10,000 and 15,000 guerillas in combat last year", incl. ca. 3,000 in Falluja in Nov. 2004 [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/08/iraq.main/]
   • March 1, 2005 NY Times: >1,300 Iraqi security officers killed over the past 18 months or so.
   • 3 March 2005 CNN
     • U.S.: 1,502 d. incl., 1,147 in combat.
     • Iraqi security forces: 1,450 KIA since September 2003, acc. to Pentagon.
     • Overall number of Iraqis killed since the conflict began: 10,000 to 30,000.
   • 12 Dec. 2005 Washington Post: Bush Estimates 30,000 Iraqis Killed
   • This first Internet war allows you to track casualties in real time:
     • Coalition Casualties
       • CNN: Dead and Missing
       • British Casualties: BBC
       • Global Security
       • Iraq Coalition Casualty Count (all causes, 19 March 2003-12 June 2005)
         • US: 1,702
         • UK: 89
         • Other Coalition: 96
         • TOTAL Coalition Military: 1,887
         • Coalition contractors: 244 (89 USAns)
         • Iraqi security forces: 2,267
     • Iraqi civilians: Iraq Body Count
       • As of 12 June 2005: 22,248-25,229
   • ESTIMATED TOTAL KILLED (my guess 12 June 2005)
     • USA, Coalition and contractors: 2,131 (ICasualties.Org)
     • Iraqi military during invasion: 7,600-13,500 (Proj. Def. Alt., NY Post, Guardian)
     • Iraqi insurgents: 10,000-15,000 (CNN)
     • Iraqi security forces, post-invasion: 1,300-2,267 (NY Times, CNN, ICasualties.Org)
     • Civilians: 22,248-25,229 (Iraq Body Count)
     • TOTAL: ca. 43,000-58,000 killed
7. Sudan, Darfur, (2003- )
   • BBC
     • 14/15 Oct. 2004: new UN report, 70,000 d. since March.
     • 14 March 2005: >180,000 d. in past 18 months, according to top UN relief official.

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