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The death toll

Sunday 06 April 2003 19:00 EDT
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COMBATANTS

American
Killed in combat: 59
Accidental and other deaths: 22
Missing: 8
Captured: 7

British
Killed in combat: 9
Accidental and other deaths: 22
Missing: 0

Iraqi
Killed in combat: More than 3,300
Missing: accurate figures not available

Other
Killed: At least 75 Kurds, including 18 who died yesterday in a 'friendly-fire' bombing by an American warplane

CIVILIANS

British
Killed: 1

Iraqi
Killed: At least 1,252 according to estimates by the Iraqi government

Other
Killed: 10 (a French television journalist; an Australian cameraman; a Jordanian taxi driver in Baghdad; an Iranian cameraman working for the BBC; five Syrian bus passengers; an American journalist.
Missing: 5 (an Arab television correspondent, two ITN crew – a French cameraman and a Lebanese translator – two members of a relief team from Médecins Sans Frontières)

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