Quote Originally Posted by SuperChuck
In a few more posts you'll see me saying I wish they had included only civilian deaths directly attributed to "Coalition" (well, mostly US) attacks.

I do know that it eclipsed the 3000 mark before the occupation (I want to say it was before the ground campaign started, but I'm not certain).

I can see their point in indirectly blaming the occupation for things like suicide bombings, but it's much more important to see directly attributable deaths. Indirectly attributable deaths are a nice sidebar or footnote, but should not be the focus...

(Actually, I don't think I read the details screen before posting the first time; I stopped watching that page after the number went over 3000; at that point I don't think we had even started a ground campaign; yes, I realize how many semicolons I used in this sentence)
They are also counting all Iraqi deaths as civilian deaths also though. Insurgent, Soldier and Child are all tallied the same way. Yes I know that the number of "insurgent deaths" will be exaggerated on the administration side, but of course they are going to be completely lowballed on the other side as well.