Baghdad, Nov 1, (VOI) - Iraqi civilian casualties significantly dropped in October 2007, a month in which U.S. casualties also declined and Iraqi security forces' fatalities increased, according to joint statistics by the Iraqi ministries of interior, health, and defense.
"A total of 758 civilians were killed in October, down from 844 in September 2007," according to official figures received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
U.S. casualties also declined. Tallies of U.S. deaths reported 36 fatalities in October, compared to 66 in September. October's total is the lowest since March 2006, when only 33 U.S. troops were reported dead.
The story goes on to report an increase in casualties among Iraqi security forces. Iraqi police casualties rose from 62 to 117 for the month, while casualties for army personnel dropped from 16 to 13. Thus the total rose from 78 to 130.
The combined numbers for October from Iraq Casualty Count:
clipped from icasualties.org
Period Total Oct-07 676 Sep-07 848 Aug-07 1,674 Jul-07 1,690 Jun-07 1,345 May-07 1,980 Apr-07 1,821 Mar-07 2,977 Feb-07 3,014 Jan-07 1,802 Dec-06 1,752 Nov-06 1,864 Oct-06 1,539 Sep-06 3,539 Aug-06 2,966 Jul-06 1,280 Jun-06 870 May-06 1,119 Apr-06 1,009 Mar-06 1,092 Feb-06 846 Jan-06 779
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I don't know that Iraq Casualty Count has finalized their numbers for October, but it's clear that their numbers are lower at this point than the official count.
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