He pūrongo i whakaputaina e te kaupapa Iraq Body Count, he NGO o Ingarangi, e kī ana kua mate 24,865 ngā tāngata i Iraq i roto i ngā tau e rua whai muri i te tīmatanga o te whakaekenga ā-U.S.
i te Poutu-te-rangi 2003. Ko te whitu tekau ōrau o nga mate i puta i muri i te whakapae a te Perehitini o Amerika a George W. Bush i te "mutunga o te whawhai nui" i te Mei 1, 2003.