Study reports 650,000 civilians have died in Iraq

[Jeff_Ricks]

Read it and weep: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/richard_horton/2006/10/post_499.html

"All of these checks and balances mean that the 650,000 additional Iraqi casualties they report since the invasion are the most reliable estimates we have of civilian deaths. Most of these deaths have taken place among young men aged between 15 and 44."

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[helemon]

Read it and weep: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/richard_horton/2006/10/post_499.html

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