As the world watches Lebanon and Israel shell each other, back in Iraq, Civil War is all but declared. Over 130 dead in Iraq the last two days. According to a U.N. study based on Health Ministry statistics, 2,669 Iraqi civilians were killed in May and 3,149 were killed in June. The total Iraqis killed since war began is between 39,228 and 43,687 (as of 19 July 2006). Why is it that the Canadian and American media never talk about how many Iraqi civilians have died?

Just to give you a sense of the scale of civilian death in Iraq, proportional to national population, here is a comparison:

IRAQ
26.7 million population –> 39,228 to 43,687 dead

CANADA
33.1 million population –> 48,631 to 54,159 dead
Comparable Size Cities:
Vernon, BC (51,530)
St-Hyacinthe, QC (49,536)

USA
298.4 million population –> 438,413 to 488,247 dead
Comparable Size Cities:
Long Beach, CA (475,460)
Albuquerque, NM (471,856)
New Orleans, LA (469,032)
Cleveland, OH (461,324)
Sacramento, CA (445,335)
Kansas City, MO (442,768)

CHINA
1.314 billion population –> 1.93 million to 2.15 million dead
Comparable Size Cities:
Dalien, Liaoning (2,118,100)
Hangzhou, Zhejiang (1,932,600)

You get the point.