Bush's War Totals

The mortality caused by the war is also high. Several household surveys were conducted between 2004 and 2007. While there are differences among them, the range suggests a congruence of estimates. But none have been conducted for eighteen months, and the two most reliable surveys were completed in mid-2006. The higher of those found 650,000 "excess deaths" (mortality attributable to war); the other yielded 400,000. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 4, 2009

Tirman presents some sets of numbers, which coincide with other numbers I have heard, but fails to provide good references for the numbers and fails to provide update estimates for the deaths. The updated estimates go over 1 million for the median estimate.

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