About 13,000 Iraqis, including as many as 4,300 civilians, were killed during the major combat phase of the Iraq war, according to a US research group. 2003/10/20: PDA: The Wages of War Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict 2003/10/29: BBC: US Iraq deaths exceed war toll 2003/10/28: HeraldSun: Iraq war killed 13,000, study finds 2003/10/27: CRG: The killing in Iraq goes