WikiLeaks: At Least 109,000 Killed During Iraq War

The whistle-blowing website Wikileaks today released a trove of Classified Reports That said it documented at Least 109.000 deaths in the Iraq war, More Than Previously the United States has acknowledged, as well as what it described as Cases of Torture and Other abuses by Iraqi and coalition forces.

"The reports detail 109.032 deaths in Iraq, consists of a 66.081 'civilians'; 23.984 'enemy' (Those Labeled as insurgents), 15.196" host nation "(Iraqi government forces) and 3.771" friendly "(coalition forces)," Wikileaks said In a Statement Regarding the documents' release. "The Majority of the deaths (66.000, Over 60 Percent) Of These are Civilian deaths. That is 31 civilians dying every day DURING the six-year period."

The new documents Covered in 2004 through 2009, Wikileaks said, with the exception of May 2004 and March 2009.

A review of the documents by Iraq Body Count, an advocacy group That long has Monitored Civilian Casualties in the war, found 15.000 Previously unknown Civilian deaths, According to Wikileaks - a detail first Reported in The Guardian newspaper, one of a Handful of International News Organizations That got an advance look at the documents.

The U.S. military has long Maintained That it does Not keep an official death Tally, But EARLIER this month Following a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pentagon said somethings 77.000 Iraqis HAD Been Killed from 2004 to mid-2008 - a Shorter Period Than That Covered by Wikileaks.

Besides the Different Time Periods, The New York Times, Which Also saw the Wikileaks documents early, noted That "some deaths are Reported More Than Once, and" some reports have inconsistent Casualty figures. "

Al Jazeera, Which Also got an advance look at the documents, Reported a total of 285.000 War Casualties ITS is Arabic-language website, a number That included Both Dead and Wounded. It did not provide a Specific number for Iraqi dead, though it noted 63 Percent of Them were civilians.

The massive leak of 391.832 documents at 5 p.m. ET today, Which Wikileaks billed as "the largest military Classified leak in history," Followed Wikileaks' Similar But Smaller release on the war in Afghanistan.

The new release was anticipated by the Pentagon, Which has warned publicizing the Information That Could endanger U.S. troops.

"We strongly condemn the Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information," said Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell Prior to the documents Becoming public.