Declassified documents and ongoing research reveal significantly higher civilian death tolls from the Iraq War than previously reported, with debates continuing over accurate counting methods and responsibility. Journalists and researchers are reassessing mortality figures from the 2003 invasion and its aftermath, uncovering tens of thousands of additional deaths.
·WikiLeaks documents expose previously hidden death counts and torture records from the conflict
·Researchers question whether media estimates have systematically undercounted Iraqi civilian casualties
·Leaked files reveal 15,000 additional civilian deaths not captured in earlier tallies
·Historians grapple with establishing reliable methodology for documenting war-related mortality across multiple sources
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