[lit-ideas] Civilian casualties in Iraq
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:46:07 -0800
Here is a database that lists all the civilian deaths "caused by coalition
occupation." Blaming the US for the total is not justified in my view
because included are insurgent-caused killings and breakdowns in civil
order. However, there is enough info in the database to get a fairly good
number of deaths actually caused by the coalition if one has a lot of time
on his or her hands. Their grand total is between 28,293 & 31,900 as of
2006. http://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/
I did finally find the Lancet site that lists higher numbers, but they seem
to be unsupported guesses. Even though iraqbodycount.org is obviously
opposed to the invasion and blames the coalition for all casualties, they
seem to have taken a scientific approach toward the accumulating of data.
Lawrence
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The 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians was the original guess of someone who
anticipated that number, someone whose name escapes me. It has been
repeated over and over. It isn't true. And it causes me to wonder what you
are reading.
Lawrence
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On Behalf Of Ursula Stange
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In whose frame of reference is 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians, 'going well'?
Sheesh, Lawrence...Americans are not the only people who count...
Ursula
Lawrence Helm wrote:
> Rumsfeld and Tommy Franks expected things to go well and they did.
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