Iraq puts official war death toll at more than 85,000

At least 85,000 people died from 2004 to 2008 in Iraq's violence, the first official report by the Iraqi government on the death toll since the war begun estimated today.

The report, released by the Iraqi Human Rights Ministry as part of a larger study on the country's human rights, said 85,694 people were killed from 2004-08, and 147,195 were wounded during the same period.