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Al-Najaf and its surrounding villages suffered hundreds of civilian casualties, most of which were caused by cluster munitions, according to medical professionals. Dr. Safa’ al-`Amdi, director of al-Najaf Teaching Hospital, provided Human Rights Watch with copies of all of the hospital’s records for civilian deaths and injuries attributed to combat in al-Najaf from March 21 to April 11, 2003.
- The hospital recorded 635 civilian casualties, including 254 deathsand 381 injuries.
- Of the 254 reported civilian deaths, 194 were male, fifty were female, and ten did not have the sex recorded.
- Of the civilian deaths, forty-seven(19 percent) were children under the age of eighteen.
- Of the 381 injuries, 263 were male, fifty-two were female, and sixty-six did not have the sex recorded.
- Eighty-one children (21 percent of the total) suffered injuries.
- Two hundred sixty-two (41 percent) of the civilian casualties occurred during the three days of fighting around al-Najaf from March 26 to 28.
In addition, a smaller, but unknown, number of civilian casualties was treated at al-Najaf General Hospital.
| Date |
Total Civilian Injuries |
Child Injuries |
Total Civilian Deaths |
Child Deaths |
| Unknown |
- |
- |
3 |
1 |
| 3/21/03 |
- |
- |
16 |
3 |
| 3/22/03 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 3/23/03 |
30 |
6 |
2 |
- |
| 3/24/03 |
6 |
- |
47 |
13 |
| 3/25/03 |
18 |
4 |
28 |
2 |
| 3/26/03 |
55 |
3 |
- |
- |
| 3/27/03 |
31 |
4 |
- |
- |
| 3/28/03 |
112 |
35 |
64 |
14 |
| 3/29/03 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
| 3/30/03 |
- |
- |
21 |
5 |
| 3/31/03 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 4/1/03 |
11 |
4 |
9 |
- |
| 4/2/03 |
46 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
| 4/3/03 |
23 |
7 |
9 |
- |
| 4/4/03 |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
| 4/5/03 |
- |
- |
9 |
2 |
| 4/6/03 |
- |
- |
6 |
1 |
| 4/7/03 |
- |
- |
5 |
1 |
| 4/8/03 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| 4/9/03 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 4/10/03 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
| 4/11/03 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Total |
381 |
81 |
254 |
47 |
Note: Children are those under eighteen years of age.
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