At the heart of the questions are the numbers so far identified in Iraq's graves. Of 270 suspected grave sites identified in the last year, 55 have now been examined, revealing, according to the best estimates that The Observer has been able to obtain, around 5,000 bodies. Forensic examination of grave sites has been hampered by lack of security in Iraq, amid widespread complaints by human rights organisations that until recently the graves have not been secured and protected.[link|http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1263901,00.html| Guardian ]
5000 bodies so far. Given our current rate of finding bodies, we probably hit 25,000.