Reference
IBC Press coverage Up to 3 Nov 2005
More than just a list of links to IBC's coverage in the media, the articles below provided an insight into the development of the debate from 2003-2005. IBC discontinued the compilation of these links as the level of violence placed an increasing burden on our resources.
Iraq Body Count in the Press (cont.)
2004 |
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| U.S. JETS DROP 1-TON BOMBS NEAR The Militant - 28 December |
| PONDERING THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS Minneapolis Star-Tribune - 26 December |
| TIME TO LEAVE IRAQ The Progressive - 23 December |
| IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TARGETED IN WAVE OF ATTACKS Agence France-Presse - 12 December |
| SECRET DEATHS SHAME BLAIR Sunday Herald - 12 December (Leader) |
| IN IRAQI ER, A LONG, GRIM SHIFT Washington Post - 12 December |
| DEAD AND BURIED Sunday Herald - 12 December |
| ARE WE THERE YET? Dissident Voice - 11 December |
| THE DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ The Des Moines Register - 10 December |
| BLAIR REJECTS CALL FOR COUNT OF IRAQI DEATHS The Guardian - 09 December |
| BLAIR CALLED UPON TO PRODUCE AN OFFICIAL RECORD OF IRAQI DEATHS ABC Radio (Australia) - 09 December |
| NO EXCUSES The Guardian - 09 Dec (IBC/Medact commentary) |
| DEAD RECKONING Guardian - 09 December (Leader) |
| BLAIR REJECTS IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS INQUIRY Daily Telegraph - 08 December |
| SHOULD WE COUNT DEAD IRAQI CIVILIANS? BBC - 08 December |
| ACADEMICS CALL FOR IRAQI BODYCOUNT Guardian - 08 December |
| LETTER TO BLAIR SEEKS IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS INQUIRY Scotsman - 07 December |
| TOP TEN NEWS STORIES OF 2004 FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC 2005 World Almanac 2005 - 07 December |
| IRAQ TOLL BOMB TICKS ON BLAIR The Telegraph (Calcutta)/Reuters - 07 December |
| IRAQ FACES PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, GROUP REPORTS Washington Post - 30 November |
| RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Newsweek - 29 November |
| WHY DOES 'NEW YORK TIMES' CALL CASUALTY COUNT FROM APRIL FALLUJAH BATTLE
'UNCONFIRMED' OR 'INFLATED'? Editor and Publisher - 23 November |
| ACTION ALERT: NEW YORK TIMES REWRITES FALLUJAH HISTORY FAIR.org - 16 November |
| MILITARY SEEKS TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES FOX News - 16 November |
| CRIMES IN IRAQ IslamOnline - 11 November |
| HOW MANY DEAD INNOCENT IRAQIS IS TOO MANY? The Age - 09 November |
| FALLUJA CAN ONLY BE WON WHEN THE BATTLE ENDS AND PEOPLE HAVE WATER Observer - 07 November |
| 100 000 EXCESS CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ SINCE MARCH 2003 British Medical Journal - 06 November |
| INNOCENT ACCOUNTING ERRORS WNYC Radio - 05 November |
| TALLYING THE HUMAN TOLL OF IRAQ WAR Centre Daily Times - 04 November |
| FOUR MORE YEARS FOR AL–QAIDA Open Democracy - 04 November |
| 100,000 IRAQIS DEAD: SHOULD WE BELIEVE IT? Zmag - 03 November |
| VIGILS HELD FOR IRAQ WAR VICTIMS SBS Radio News - 02 November |
| 'IRAQ, AL-QAIDA AND A RENEWED CALIPHATE' Oxford Research Group International Security Monthly Briefing - October |
| IRAQ: US PLANS ANOTHER FALLUJAH BLOODBATH Green Left Weekly - 03 November |
| HITTING HOME North County Times - 30 October |
| IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS REPORT QUESTIONED Reuters - 29 October |
| 100,000 DEAD—OR 8,000 Slate - 29 October |
| REPORT PUTS FALLUJA CIVILIAN TOLL AT 600 Aljazeera - 29 October |
| IRAQ DEATH TOLL 'SOARED POST-WAR' BBC - 29 October |
| SURVEY: IRAQI DEATHS HIGHER Baltimore Sun - 29 October |
| 100,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS ESTIMATED IN IRAQ Washington Post - 29 October |
| SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE 100,000 IRAQI DEATHS Associated Press - 28 October |
| STUDY: 100,000 EXCESS CIVILIAN IRAQI DEATHS SINCE WAR Reuters - 28 October |
| BRUTALISING FALLUJANS WITH TACTICS WORTHY OF THE NAZIS The Herald - 28 October |
| LETTER ON IRAQ 'SAFETY' ABSURD IN THE EXTREME News & Record - 18 October (reader's letter) |
| IGNORANCE NOT A POLICY FOR IRAQ Palm Beach Post - 17 October |
| 94 REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH Orlando Weekly - 14 October |
| FORMER CIA ANALYST SAYS IRAQ POLICIES MANIPULATED Penn State Digital Collegian - 13 October |
| FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL UNDECIDED OpinionEditorials.com - 08 October |
| THE SUICIDE OF AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN Counterpunch - 05 October |
| U.S. OPTS FOR RISKY TACTIC IN IRAQ Dallas Morning News - 04 October |
| ONSLAUGHT ON SAMARRA ESCALATES IN 'DRESS REHEARSAL' FOR MAJOR US ASSAULT
ON REBELS The Independent - 03 October |
| BOOTS, SHOES GIVE SENSE OF IRAQ WAR TOLL MLive.com - 01 October |
| THE YEAR OF SURRENDERING QUIETLY New Left Review - September-October |
| IRAQI DEATH COUNT RISES AS TROOP TOLL PASSES 1000 The Dominion, Canada - 30 September |
| 30 DAYS IN IRAQ Channel 4 News (UK) - 30 September |
| BILLIONAIRE SOROS STARTS HIS OWN ASSAULT ON BUSH Cox News Service - 29 September |
| MILITARY DRAFT CONSIDERED IN HOUSE, SENATE Challenge Group Newspapers - 28 September |
| IRAQ'S "TURKISH" SOLUTION Insight Magazine - 28 September |
| CROWDED BAGHDAD MORGUE A BELLWETHER FOR MOUNTING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES Knight-Ridder - 27 September |
| IRAQ WAR DEAD REMEMBERED IN ASHBY RESIDENT’S TRIBUTE Berkeley Daily Planet - 24 September |
| TRACKING THE FALLEN Eastbay Express - 22 September |
| COUNTING THE CIVILIAN COST IN IRAQ BBC - 22 September |
| U.N. CHIEF URGES WORLD LEADERS TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IPS-Inter Press Service - 21 September |
| THE WAR'S TOLL ON IRAQI CIVILIANS Washington Post - 21 September |
| WORLD OPINION ROUNDUP Washington Post - 21 September (Live Online Discussion) |
| CAPTURE THE FLAG New York Press - 21 September |
| JUSTIFICATION FOR INVADING IRAQ COLLAPSES Asahi Shimbun - 17 September |
| PRESIDENT WAS TOLD IN JULY OF CIVIL WAR RISK IN IRAQ The Guardian - 17 September |
| TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TERRORISTS IS NOT THE SAME AS EXCUSING THEM Salt Lake Tribune - 16 September |
| MARINES AND COAL MINERS: BUSH DISHONORS ALL VETERANS People's Weekly World - 16 September |
| 3,000 IRAQI DEAD NAMED The Guardian - 16 September |
| IRAQ: WHAT WENT WRONG? Open Democracy - 16 September |
| 'NO SECURITY IN IRAQ' Thursday, September 16, 2004 |
| WAR OR TERROR: WHAT'S WORSE? Times of India - 15 September |
| NONE DARE CALL IT MURDER Dissident Voice - 15 September |
| UNION CHIEFS DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF UK TROOPS FROM IRAQ Scotsman - 15 September |
| INNOCENTS ARE PAYING THE PRICE IN IRAQ Gulf News - 14 September |
| 'WE ARE LOSING OUR PEOPLE' Chicago Tribune - 14 September |
| CAR BOMB KILLS DOZENS Seattle Times - 14 September |
| THE PRESIDENTIAL WAR PATH LewRockwell.com - 14 September |
| IRAQIS MOURN THEIR DEAD AWAY FROM MEDIA GLARE Reuters - 13 September |
| THOUSAND LOST LIVES GRAB OUR ATTENTION San Francisco Chronicle - 12 September |
| IRAQI DEATHS QUIETLY MOUNT AS OFFICIAL U.S. TROOP TOLL PASSES 1,000 The New Standard - 10 September |
| AGAINST THE WAR BUT SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND NATION Reading Advocate, U.S. - 09 September |
| GOSHEN GROUP MOURNS THOSE KILLED IN IRAQ South Bend Tribune - 09 September |
| FOR 1,000 TROOPS, THERE IS NO GOING HOME New York Times - 09 September |
| BUSH LAMENTS LOSS OF LIFE IN IRAQ BBC - 08 September |
| CIVILIAN, INSURGENT DEATHS HARD TO TALLY Scripps Howard News Service - 08 September |
| US DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ REACHES 1,000 PolitInfo.com - 08 September |
| MORE THAN 10,000 IRAQIS HAVE DIED VIOLENTLY IN BAGHDAD REGION ALONE Associated Press - 08 September |
| FIGHT TERROR ON ALL FRONTS Toronto Star - 02 September |
| BUSH'S IDEA OF PROGRESS Tribune - 01 September |
| DALYELL WARNS BLAIR OVER GRAVITY OF PLAID CASE The Western Mail - 30 August |
| THE CASE FOR GETTING OUT OF IRAQ The New Republic - 30 August |
| PLAYING THE GAME Warsaw Business Journal - 30 August |
| MANY SEEK EXPRESSION BY ACTION Commercial Appeal - 29 August |
| REMEMBERING OHIO GUARDSMAN CHARLES WILKINS NPR Weekend Edition - 29 August |
| NOW FOR THE POLITICS OF LAST RESORT - IMPEACH TONY BLAIR The Guardian - 26 August |
| CANDIDATES FOCUS ON THE WRONG WAR Queens Chronicle - 26 August |
| U.S. PUBLIC BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT IRAQ PIPA/Knowledge Networks Study (PDF download) - 20 August |
| U.S. VETS OF IRAQ FORM ANTI-WAR GROUP Workers World - 18 August |
| IRAQIS BENEFITED FROM THE INVASION The Age - 14 August |
| IRAQ BETWEEN INSURGENCY AND UPRISING Open Democracy - 12 August |
| LETTERS: IRAQ BODY COUNT HIGHER THAN STATED Corvallis Gazette Times - 12 August (letter) |
| MARCH TO RECOGNIZE CIVILIAN WAR CASUALTIES Stamford Advocate - 11 August |
| IRAQ UPDATE Veterans for Common Sense - 05 August |
| SURVEY CLAIMS 37,000 IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF
WAR World Socialist Web Site - 05 August |
| UK ACTIVIST SEES OPENING IN IRAQ FAILURE IPS-Inter Press Service - 04 August |
| DEATH'S DATABASE Montreal Mirror - 04 August |
| BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL: SOME THOUGHTS ON INVASIONS Counterpunch - 02 August |
| THE POST-WAR WAR Mother Jones - 02 August |
| CIA PUPPET INSTALLED TO PACIFY IRAQI RESISTANCE — BUT WILL IT WORK? Freedom Socialist - August-September |
| IRAQI GROUP: CIVILIAN TOLL NOW 37,000 Aljazeera.Net - 31 July |
| IRAQ IS COSTING US PLENTY HERE AT HOME The Pilot-Independent - 30 July |
| U.S. HAS PAID $4 MLN TO IRAQIS FOR LOSSES FROM WAR, OCCUPATION Bloomberg - 28 July |
| THE POLITICS OF RESISTANCE Socialist Worker - 23 July |
| CONTROL ROOM TURNS CAMERA ONTO AL-JAZEERA CTV.ca - 22 July |
| U.S. TOLL IN IRAQ REACHES 900 Newsday 22 - July 2004 |
| PAYING THE PRICE: THE MOUNTING COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR Institute for Policy Studies - 20 July |
| THE HUMAN COST OF WAR Cape Cod Times - 16 July |
| THE PRICE OF IMPERIAL FOLLY Alternet - 15 July |
| "REGRETTABLE" STATISTICS IslamOnline - 13 July |
| SECRET DAILY DEATH TOLL TRUE PRICE OF VIOLENCE Agence France-Presse/Jordan Times - 12 July |
| COALITION DEATHS TOP 1,000 YOMIURI SHIMBUN CORRESPONDENT Yomiuri Shimbun - 11 July |
| AMERICA IS NO BETTER THAN THE TERRORISTS The Union Leader - 10 July |
| US-LED FORCES DEATH TOLL PASSES 1000 Aljazeera.net - 09 July |
| CHANGING GOVERNMENTS IN IRAQ WON'T EXTRICATE TROOPS Sacramento Observer - 06 July |
| LOSING CREDIBILITY WITH AMERICANS Chicago Tribune - 05 July |
| THEY BEHEAD; WE DO IT WITH SMART BOMBS Los Angeles Times - 04 July |
| THE EXORBITANT COST OF WAR Sacramento Observer - 02 July |
| NOTES FROM GROUND ZERO Zmag - 01 July |
| CLUSTERS OF DEATH IPS-Inter Press Service - 30 Jun |
| IRAQ PM SAYS VICTIMS OF TERROR SHOULD BE COMPENSATED The News International, Pakistan - 28 June |
| WAR: WHAT WAS IT GOOD FOR? Daily Mirror - 28 June |
| REMEMBERING GUATEMALA, 1954: IT’S THE IMPUNITY, STUPID CommonDreams.org - 22 June |
| WHERE ARE THE REFUGEES? National Review Online - 21 June |
| TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE WORKERS OF NASIRIYAH WHO REFUSED TO MAKE WAY
FOR WAR OpEdNews.com - 18 June |
| NEW U.N. RESOLUTION Asahi Shimbun - 11 June |
| IRAQI CASUALTIES ARE COUNTED Southern Illinoisian - 08 June (letter) |
| POPE TO DUBYA: "THAT MEANS MURDER, BABY!" Buzzflash - 06 June |
| INTERFAITH SERVICE MEMORIALIZES IRAQI WAR DEAD Associated Press - 05 June |
| FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED IN ATTACK AS DEATH TOLL EXCEEDS 600 Agence France-Presse - 04 June |
| OTAK TAKES ITS EXPERTISE TO IRAQ Portland Tribune - 04 June |
| INSIDE AMERICA'S ANIMAL HOUSE Counterpunch - 04 June |
| TIME TO LEAVE The Nation - 03 June |
| COUNTING COALITION CASUALTIES Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - June |
| MEMORIAL DAY'S OPPOSITE: WARMONGERS' DAY Dissident Voice - 31 May |
| I HAVE MET THE ENEMY... CommonDreams.org - 28 May |
| BRING IT ON Denver Westword - 27 May |
| MEMORIAL WEEKEND: A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON FREEDOMS Hillsboro Argus - 27 May |
| Fact of Fiction? Southeast Missuorian - 24 May |
| ORDINARY IRAQIS KILLED: 11,500 AND NOT COUNTING The Independent - 23 May |
| STRAW URGED TO REVEAL IRAQ DEATH TOLL Scotsman - 19 May |
| HAMIT DARDAGAN OF IBC INTERVIEWED BBC Radio 'Today' - 19 May |
| FOREIGN SECRETARY JACK STRAW INTERVIEWED BBC Radio 'Today' - 18 May |
| COUNTING THE COST The Guardian - 19 May |
| BEYOND ABU GHRAIB The American Prospect Online - 18 May |
| SHORT URGES RESPONSIBLE EXIT STRATEGY FROM IRAQ Scotsman - 17 May |
| ALLIES ACCUSED OF BREAKING GENEVA CONVENTIONS ON CIVILIAN LOSSES The Independent - 17 May |
| PUBLIC DEATHS, ANONYMOUS DEATHS -- THEY ALL ADD UP TO DEATH Globe and Mail - 15 May |
| A SOURCE OF SOURCES STEPS FORWARD Ledger Dispatch - 14 May |
| CONCERNING INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS Ralph Nader [Open Letter to Pres. Bush] - 13 May |
| TORTURE IS NEWS BUT IT'S NOT NEW Daily Mirror - 07 May |
| REINSTATING THE REIGN OF TERROR Jordan Times - 06 May |
| DOOMED TO FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Guardian - 27 April |
| CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN IRAQ PBS Newshour - 26 April |
| ROCKET FIRE KILLS 5 GIS Newsday - 25 April |
| REPORTING CAN'T BECOME WAR CASUALTY The Oregonian - 25 April |
| NEW BOOK EXAMINES BUSH'S ETHICS Australian Broadcasting Company - 23 April |
| HOPKINTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTEST WAR Hopkinton Crier - 23 April |
| BOX SCORE FOR THE WAR Newsweek Online - 17 April |
| MEDIA OMITTING CRUCIAL FACTS North Carolina State Technician - 16 April |
| DEEPER INTO THE QUAGMIRE Toronto Star - 15 April |
| THE DEAD WON'T CHANGE US PUBLIC OPINION Guardian - 14 April |
| U.S. TROOPS PREPARE FOR SHOWDOWN WITH AL-SADR CTV, Canada - 13 April |
| BUSH VACATIONS WHILE U.S. SOLDIERS DIE The Moscow Times - 12 April |
| NO REASON TO REST Al-Ahram Weekly - 08-14 April |
| U.S. LOSES CONTROL OF TWO CITIES Guardian - 08 April |
| IRAQ'S CIVILIAN TOLL UNCOUNTED Cox News Service - 31 March |
| WHO COUNTS THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES? Christian Science Monitor - 31 March |
| IRAQI VICTIMS OF WAR: FACT SHEET Aljazeera - 16 March |
| UNCOUNTED DEAD Mother Jones - 30 March |
| DON'T IRAQIS COUNT? Salt Lake Tribune (reader's letter) - 27 March |
| MEMORIAL WALL COMMEMORATES IRAQ DEAD AND WOUNDED Dissident Voice - 27 March |
| CIVILIANS UNDER ATTACK Newsday - 27 March |
| IRAQIS 'MISSING IN ACTION' AS POLLSTERS TAKE HOLD IN BAGHDAD ElectronicIraq.net - 26 March |
| ANNIVERSARY OF A BOMBING Alternet - 25 March |
| THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN IRAQ Boston Globe - 24 March |
| IRAQ'S CHILDREN OF THE BOMBLET Village Voice - 23 March |
| IRAQ: ONE YEAR LATER Hi Pakistan - 23 March |
| AREA CITIZENS PROTEST IRAQ WAR Brainerd Dispatch - 22 March |
| A YEAR AFTER THE INVASION THE SPECTRE OF MURDEROUS CIVIL WAR STILL HANGS
OVER IRAQ Financial Times - 20 March |
| LOCAL ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS FEEL VINDICATED Flint Journal - 18 March |
| IRAQIS' DISTRUST IN U.S. WARRANTED Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 19 March |
| PEACE GROUP UNVEILS DISPLAY PROTESTING THE WAR IN IRAQ Associated Press - 18 March |
| JOURNALISTS FIND MANY WAYS TO KILL TRUTH IN IRAQ Common Dreams - 18 March |
| NOW IS THE TIME FOR FURIOUS COMMON SENSE The Times (London) - 17 March |
| AMERICA BOMBED THIS HOUSE Pacifica - 16 March |
| EXPLOSION ROCKS SHIA OFFICE IN IRAQ Aljazeera - 10 March |
| RUBBER NUMBERS AND THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE Dissident Voice - 08 March |
| ENEMY AND ALLY REDEFINED ONCE AGAIN Tufts Daily - 08 March |
| GRIEVING AND ANGRY Newsday - 07 March |
| BUSH SENDS NEW TROOPS TO IRAQ Workers World - 04 March |
| CHINA-US SPAT OVER HUMAN RIGHTS COMES AHEAD OF GENEVA SESSION Cybercast News Service - 02 March |
| WHO IS KEEPING A TALLY OF THE CIVILIAN DEATHS IN IRAQ? Khilafah.com - 18 February |
| MISSING IN ACTION IN IRAQ Globe and Mail - 18 February |
| IRAQNOPHOBIA Nation Institute/Tom Dispatch - 14 February |
| IRAQ AND AL-QAEDA Asia Times - 13 February |
| IRAQI DEATHS RISE BUT NO COUNT ON BODIES Reuters - 12 February |
| "A SPECTACLE OF IGNORANCE, CYNICISM AND INDIFFERENCE" World Socialist Web Site - 10 February |
| IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATHS SAID TO PASS 10,000 UPI - 08 February |
| THE TERRIBLE HUMAN COST OF BUSH AND BLAIR'S MILITARY ADVENTURE: 10,000
CIVILIAN DEATHS The Independent - 08 February |
| BLOOD ON OUR HANDS: U.S. BOMBS AND THE CIVILIANS THEY KILL Impact Press - 04 February |
| FRIDAY! EDITOR SAYS 'SEE Y'ALL,' HE'LL BE WRITING TO YOU FROM IRAQ Cleveland Plain Dealer - 30 January |
| WE MUST HONOUR THE DEAD The Guardian 19 December - (IBC op-ed) |
| DEAN, DEMOCRATS, AND DEMOCRACY Zmag - 26 January |
| PENNSYLVANIA HAS MADE MANY SACRIFICES IN MANY WAYS Pennsylvania Times Leader - 26 January |
| STUDY NOTES HIGH PERCENT OF BLACK DEATHS IN IRAQ Atlanta Daily News - 21 January |
| GEORGE W BUSH AND THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION The Independent - 20 January |
| IRAQ CIVILIAN DEATH QUESTIONS REMAIN People's Weekly World - 08 January |
| BUSH'S PROJECTION OF ISRAEL'S WORLDVIEW Media Monitors Network - 16 January |
| DISTURBING NEWS ON IRAQ Dar al-Hayat - 07 January |
| BRITAIN COMPENSATES FAMILIES OF IRAQI DEAD Reuters - 07 January |
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