69,000 Iraqis killed between 2004 and 2011 After completing a search of a small village during a joint air assault mission, U.S. Army soldiers move out towards a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to return to base in Taji, Iraq, November 12, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. UPI/Travis Zielinski/U.S. Army BAGHDAD, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Violence in Iraq peaked in 2006 when terrorism and insurgency cost the lives of 21,539 Iraqis, a government spokesman said Wednesday. That year, 39,329 Iraqis were wounded, Aswat al-Iraq reported. From April 5, 2004, to Dec. 31, 2011, 69,263 Iraqis were killed and 239,133 wounded, spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said. By 2011, the violence had dropped considerably with 2,777 deaths recorded. During the seven-year period, 23,898 people were reported killed in Baghdad, the highest total of any city.