Covering the period between January 2004 and December 2009, the logs tally the 109,000 people the US record as having lost their lives, be they civilian, insurgent or a coalition soldier. But they also record the 176,000 the US note as wounded, detailed together with fatalities month-by-month below. Selecting “KIA” (Killed In Action) and “WIA” [...]

The Iraq War Logs don’t just detail the deaths of 109,000 people across the country: they also tell us how they perished. The interactive graph below sets out the stark reality of Iraq: sectarian murders outweighed even IEDs as the leading cause of death. Just over 34,000 people, the vast majority of them civilians, were [...]

Perhaps the most revelatory aspect of the occupation to be drawn from the files is the evolving use of “Escalation of Force” techniques employed by coalition troops. Used mostly at checkpoints and roadblocks, it is a procedure used by troops to keep potential suicide vehicles at safe distance. If a car did not stop, and [...]