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The number of casualties on both sides of the warring parties mounted as the Iraq war entered its 24th day on Saturday.
Coalition forces:
Killed on the battlefield: 95 US and eight British soldiers.
Killed in accidents: 12 US and 22 British soldiers.
Missing and captured: 10 US soldiers missing, seven captured.
Iraqi forces: More than 2,320, according to US military, but no official figures from the Iraqi side.
Civilians: At least 1250 Iraqis were killed and more than 5100 wounded, according to Iraqi estimates.
Journalists: Ten were killed in combat and friendly fire, two are missing, one died in an accident, and one died of illness.
(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2003)
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