List of private contractor deaths in Iraq

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Foreign contractor deaths in Iraq by country

Flag of the United States.svg  USA: 355 [1] [2]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey: 130+ [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK: 58 [4]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa: 29
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji: 20
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal: 20
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines: 15
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan: 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia: 7
Flag of India.svg  India: 7
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia: 7
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria: 6
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan: 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada: 5
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt: 5
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran: 5
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova: 5
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland: 4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany: 4
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon: 4
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia: 4
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand: 4
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea: 4
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: 3
Flag of France.svg  France: 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine: 3
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia: 2
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland: 2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: 2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: 2
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda: 2
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria: 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil: 1
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia: 1

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Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic: 1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark: 1
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam: 1
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras: 1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia: 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan: 1
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait: 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands: 1
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru: 1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal: 1
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania: 1
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia: 1
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan: 1
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria: 1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden: 1

TOTAL: 749+

As of June 23, 2011, 749 foreign private contractor deaths in Iraq as part of the Iraq War are listed in this article. Of those, 355 were Americans, [1] [2] at least 130 were Turks [3] and 58 were Britons. [4] 225 of those killed were private military contractors (PMCs).

The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that by the end of March 2009, 917 civilian contractors were killed in Iraq, of which 224 (23 percent) were U.S. citizens. This number was updated to 1,537, by the end of March 2011, with an estimated 354 of these being U.S. citizens. [5] [1] The total number of dead was further updated to 1,569, by July 20, 2012. [6]

The violence has escalated to 3,650 total mercenary deaths in Iraq as of March 2023. [7]

Incidents

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2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)</span> ISIL military offensive in northern Iraq against Iraqi government (2014)

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Iraq.

The following lists events the happened in 2013 in Iraq.

This is a timeline of events during the War in Iraq in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fall of Mosul</span> Battle in June 2014 during which ISIL seized control of the city

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This is a timeline of events during the War in Iraq of 2013 to 2017 in its final year.

This is a timeline of events during the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) in 2018.

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