After creating a version of the Star Spangled Banner with 1000 crosses on it to symbolize the 1,000 US military deaths in Iraq I realized it would be wrong not to do the same with the flag of Iraq. In this case I have put 14,600 crosses which is an approximate number since - unlike the Americans who have died during the invasion and subsequent occupation - no one knows exactly how many Iraqis have died since the invasion began. The best estimates come from the Iraq Body Count web site which as of today puts the maximum estimate at somewhat over 14,700.
Unfortunately 14,600 is such a large number that the only way to distinguish each individual cross is to reproduce the image actual size which just doesn't fit on the average screen horizontally. So forgive me for reproducing it here rotated through 90 degrees. Click on the image for a link to the original.
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