Are you comparing a casualty in a war with a fatality in a car accident? Talk about apples and oranges.
Is your mind only able to imagine deaths due to accidents or natural causes?
Around the globe, people are murdered every day, often by warring parties similar to the factions in Iraq. Just this week, a thread appeared here on FR with an article about three men who were beheaded in Mexico, probably in some drug-related turf war. I'd find the link for you if I could remember the title of the thread.