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Written question asked by James Gray (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 July 2007. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fatalities there were in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2003.
Answer

Information on casualties and fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan is published on the MOD website (http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/ OperationsFactsheets) two weeks in arrears.The following table shows the number of fatalities UK forces have suffered while carrying out operation in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003.

Operation
Telic (Iraq) Herrick (Afghanistan)
2003 53 0
2004 22 1
2005 23 1
2006 29 39
1 January 2007-15 July 2007 32 20

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
150162; 463 c403W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk