I might be reading it wrong but the artice said they interviewed the families. If that is the case then of course the number is going to be huge because I guarantee that if the "victim" was a militant or insurgent or terrorist, whatever you wanna call them now days the family will deny it and they chalk it up as a civilian death. I'm sure there are thousands of legitimate civilian deaths, but I would bet that at least half of those numbers were combatants without a uniform.
Just my two cents for what its worth.
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