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Sources vary, but numbers range up to four million (see the French Press Agency writing in 1995 to which a link is provided below.)

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Civilians killed: Approx. 587,000

Civilians Wounded: Approx. 935,000

The numbers above seem very low compared to other sources, many of which are listed at Necrometrics for which a link below is given.

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Civilians are killed in all wars. It is a regrettable, but unavoidable, consequence of war.

Most have sought to minimise it and euphemisms are invented to placate the populace.

Collateral damage for instance.

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