# Question regarding the # of deaths in Iraq

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196 "2004-08-03T21:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Goldenchild487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Goldenchild487](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goldenchild487)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196/1 "2004-08-03T21:26:59Z")

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A new poll released, say the amount of Iraqis killed in Iraq has reached 37,000.

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How many Iraqi civilians were killed by insurgents BEFORE the United States occupied Iraq.

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**Author:** ![Goldenchild487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Goldenchild487](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goldenchild487)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196/2 "2004-08-03T23:10:52Z")

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Any takers?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196/3 "2004-08-03T23:39:46Z")

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WAG - none. People died because of Saddam’s repression, but there was no insurgency, terrorism or random violence of the kind we’re seeing now.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196/4 "2004-08-04T00:03:04Z")

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Shall we count the casualties from Allawi’s car bombing campaign, or just the kurd and Marsh arab stuff? What about CIA covert ops in the late 90’s?

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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-of-deaths-in-iraq/258196/5 "2004-08-04T00:17:45Z")

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what’s an insurgent?