Media Mouse has posted this week’s Iraq Watch news update. This week’s update looks at the following topics:
- New Study puts Iraqi casualties at 100,000 – According to a new study in the British medical journal Lancet, at least 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
- Reporters Without Borders: Iraq “world’s deadliest country for journalists” – The international journalist group Reporters Without Borders has issued its annual report on press freedom. The study determined that Iraq had become “the most deadly place on Earth for journalists.” Continuing war has made Iraq the most deadly place on earth for journalists in recent years, with 44 killed there since fighting began in March 2003.
- FBI Launches Criminal Probe of Halliburton – According to the Associated Press, the FBI has launched a criminal investigation into whether the Pentagon improperly awarded Halliburton no-bid contracts worth billions of dollars.
- “Dutch Approach” in Iraq leads to better relations, fewer casualties – The New York Times reports that the Dutch force of 1,350 troops in the Muthanna Province of Iraq have taken a very different approach in providing security.
- Report: 600 Civilians Die in Fallujah Siege in April – Iraq Body Count has released a study that estimates that as many as 616 Iraqi civilians were killed in April during the U.S. siege of Fallujah. A total of about 800 Iraqis died in the U.S.-backed attack.
Read More: Iraq Watch.
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