The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 14, 2009 Iraq: 85,000 Deaths Since 2004 ------------------------------ In Iraq, newly released figures show at least 85,000 people have been killed in violent attacks since 2004. The Iraqi Human Rights Ministry says more than 147,000 have been wounded over the same period. The figure does not include some 10,000 missing Iraqis. It’s also lower than varying tolls gathered by human rights groups and independent studies. .