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Interactive Graphic Depicting Baghdad Deaths
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The Data Mining blog links to a BBC page offering an interactive map depicting Baghdad deaths. From the page: "Monthly figures for civilian casualties are from Iraq Body Count which uses at least two media reports as the source for each death. We have used a mean number of IBC's minimum and maximum figures for each month.
More details on Iraq Body Count's methodology are available on their website.
Attacks resulting in more than 10 dead are located as accurately as possible from reports since 2003. Where an exact location is not possible, in areas such as Sadr City, the marker has been placed within the district."
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