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SECTION 17
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
Contents
Introduction and key findings ........................................................................................ 170
Consideration of Iraqi civilian casualties before the conflict .......................................... 171
Statements on the human cost of not intervening in Iraq ....................................... 171
Assessments of Iraqi civilian casualties during initial combat operations ............... 176
Civilian casualties during initial combat operations ....................................................... 179
Provision of medical care to Iraqi citizens ............................................................... 179
Reports on civilian casualties ................................................................................. 180
Case study of a bombing in a Basra suburb, 5 April 2003 ...................................... 182
Responding to demands to count civilian casualties .................................................... 186
Witness comment ................................................................................................... 213
Records and estimates of the number of Iraqi fatalities ................................................ 214
Non‑Iraqi civilian fatalities ....................................................................................... 216
Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 217
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