The family of an Iraqi civilian killed by shrapnel when a missile hit their home looks at the unspent mortars left by the retreating Iraqi army near their home in Basra, Iraq. (AP)
Assessing Civilian Deaths in Iraq Story aired: Friday, May 23, 2003
We may never know for sure how many people died in the recent war in Iraq.
The U.S. Government does not make an official estimate of numbers of either civilians or opposing forces killed, but Peter Ford of the Christian Science Monitor has been speaking with independent researchers who are trying to assess the extent of civilian deaths in Iraq.
He says the evidence points 5,000-10,000 Iraqi civilians, far more than in any U.S. conflict since Vietnam. Peter Ford joins us on his satellite phone from the highway near Babylon, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, to discuss his findings.
Guests:
Peter Ford, Reporter for the Christian Science Monitor
