2003年3月20日,美英联军不顾国际社会的反对,发动了伊拉克战争,并迅速推翻了萨达姆政权。萨达姆政权垮台后,伊拉克国内安全形势急剧恶化。在四年多的时间里,美军已有3880多名士兵在伊拉克丧生,另有超过56000名美军官兵负伤。而伊拉克平民的伤亡情况更加糟糕,据估计,自从2003年4月萨达姆政权垮台以来,伊拉克国内平民伤亡的人 On March 20, 2003, the U.S.-British coalition forces launched the Iraq war in defiance of the international community and quickly overthrew the Saddam regime. After the fall of Saddam’s regime, the domestic security situation in Iraq deteriorated drastically. In more than four years, more than 3,800 U.S. troops have lost their lives in Iraq and more than 56,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded. The civilian casualties in Iraq are even worse. It is estimated that since the fall of the Saddam regime in April 2003, the number of civilian casualties in Iraq has been staggering