Is this a first? The [lat­est from the Spe­cial Inspec­tor Gen­eral for Iraq Reconstruction](http://www.sigir.mil/hardlessons/pdfs/Hard_Lessons_Report.pdf) (big pdf) gives a casu­alty num­ber of almost 100,000 Iraqi civil­ians to date, which may be the first time a U.S. gov­ern­ment body has released this information.

You can read the entire report, “Hard Lessons: The Iraq Recon­struc­tion Expe­ri­ence” (and order a printed copy) [here](http://www.sigir.mil/hardlessons/default.aspx).