kalikshama
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YOUR MONEY IS NOT USED FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES. YOUR MONEY IS USED TO KILL CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN. Why are you spending your money killing kids on the other side of the planet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Iraq_Body_Count_project Iraq Body Count project An independent UK/US group, the IBC project compiles "reported" Iraqi civilian deaths resulting from the invasion and occupation, including those caused directly by coalition military action, those caused directly by the Iraqi insurgency, and those resulting from excess crime (the IBC project asserts that the Occupying Authority[clarification needed] is responsible to prevent these deaths under international law). It shows a minimum of 99,004 and a maximum of 108,076 as of December 2, 2010.[14] This total represents civilian deaths that have been reported by media organizations, non-governmental-organization-based reports, and official records.[15] The IBC project has been criticized by some who believe it counts only a small percentage of the number of actual deaths because it only includes deaths reported by respected media agencies.[26][78] The IBC project's director, John Sloboda, has stated, "We've always said our work is an undercount, you can't possibly expect that a media-based analysis will get all the deaths."[79] However, the IBC project rejects many of these criticisms as exaggerated or misinformed.[80] Following are the yearly IBC project civilian-death totals[14] (as of August 14, 2011): Year Civilian deaths 2003 12,087 2004 11,152 2005 15,491 2006 28,225 2007 25,063 2008 9,385 2009 4,713 2010 4,045 2011 4,087 Concerning the yearly totals, IBC project states: "All figures are taken from the "maximum" confirmed deaths in the IBC database. However, IBC's rates and counts will rise over the coming months, as data is still being added to the IBC database for 2006 and other periods covered here."[81] The IBC project released a report detailing the deaths it recorded between March 2003 and March 2005[71] in which it recorded 24,865 civilian deaths. The report says the U.S. and its allies were responsible for the largest share (37%) of the 24,865 deaths. The remaining deaths were attributed to anti-occupations forces (9%), crime (36%) and unknown agents (11%). It also lists the primary sources used by the media — mortuaries, medics, Iraqi officials, eyewitnesses, police, relatives, U.S.-coalition, journalists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), friends/associates and other.
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