F R I D A Y , O C T O B E R 2 9 , 2 0 0 4Death Toll Among Iraqis -- 100,000 andMountingby Michael in New York on 10/29/2004 11:42:00 AMYou may remember that the Iraqis stopped offering up dead andwounded figures because it was proving inconvenient for Bush.</p><p> Andof course the Pentagon doesn't you want to ever remember that while10000+ soldiers have died, many more have been wounded, losingarms and legs and being otherwise disabled.</p><p> That figure -- thewounded -- is a dirty little secret as far as the Pentagon is concerned.But now The Independent is reporting that the first scientific studyattempting to detail how many Iraqis have died during and since theinvasion has come out.</p><p> The total? 100,000 and rising."More than half of those who died were women and children killed inair strikes, researchers say.</p><p> Previous estimates have put the Iraqideath toll at around 10,000 - ten times the 1,000 members of theBritish, American and multi-national forces who have died so far.</p><p> Butthe study, published in The Lancet, suggested that Iraqi casualtiescould be as much as 100 times the coalition losses.</p><p> It was alsosavagely critical of the failure by coalition forces to count Iraqicasualties." HELP USA Develops Upwards of 1000Homes for Veterans Returning ...American Servicemen Tortured by IraqApplaud President Obama's ...CACI Responds to Court's Decision in IraqLawsuitVideo on DemandSubscribe to RSSRead more on FoxBusiness.compowered by Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register withDISQUSWhy?Use Media ▼Community Page Comments feed HuffPost PoliticsJeffrey Smith: Governor Sebelius Must Veto KansasBill That Endangers Milk Safety - Governor Sebeliuswants to be our new Secretary of Health andHuman Services.</p><p> But before she is sworn in, shehas an important job to...7 minutes agoDaily KosOpen Thread and Diary Rescue - *Tonight's RescueRangers are Louisiana 1976, jlms qkw, shayera,dopper0189, ybruti, and srkp23 with vcmvo2editing.* ~ World order will be secured only ...21 minutes agoCrooks and LiarsC&L's Late Night Music Club: The 50 State Strategywith The Pine Box Boys (CA) - Title: Mr.</p><p> SkeletonArtist: The Pine Box Boys San Francisco isn'tknown for Bluegrass, but maybe if there weremore bands like The Pine Box Boys, it would ...26 minutes agoEschatonThe Stupids - When I was growing up what alwayspissed me off more than anything was when mysense of justice was violated.</p><p> I'm not claiming thatmy sense of such things...53 minutes agoFiredoglakeLate Nite: Michele Bachmann Stars in “Birth of anAberration” - Minnesota's wackiest export treadsthe boards of the Wingnut dinner theater.1 hour agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show All AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Death ...http://www.americablog.com/2004/10/death-toll-among-iraqis-... 1 of 64/7/09 12:53 AM
