October 11th, 2006 1:20 am
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown / Washington Post
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
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2006-11-27 05:37:00 · 8 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I am not sure if it is that high but the toll is growing exponentially and the number of civilian casualties has far outreached any number of American casualties from 9/11. Whatever happened to scope of war, who is the real terrorist here?
2006-11-27 05:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by Docbrown 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think this figure is way to high. But if you think that 3000 or Iraqis have been killed on an average this year, you are looking at 36,000 this year alone. This does not include battle casualties with coalition forces.
Hell, I don't know but I would put the figure upwards of 150,000 Iraqis killed since the US led invasion. That's a whole bunch of folks....
2006-11-27 05:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You only hear about fighting in the few cities that are putting up a fight. The bulk of Iraq is peaceful and moving ahead. If you don't like the fact that people are getting blown up in your city, MOVE OUT. There has to be a safe shiite city and a safe sunni city. Move there, away from the violence, and let the insurgents and the US forced go at it. It's been that way all along. They had to have known that we were coming for them in the beginning of the war, so get out of there. If you stay in a burning building rather than running, and you get burned, don't expect me to feel sorry for you.
2006-11-27 05:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by Brian I 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My views? Well I'm fully prepared for the "thumbs down", but honestly it won't hurt my feelings one bit.
As a veteran of the Iraq war, and a soldier that has many friends over there now...The more the merrier. The more "civilian" casualties, the less "civilians" I have to worry about planting IED's, driving VBIED's, or launching RPG's...Screw 'em.
2006-11-27 08:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by p_lo25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amusing thing is that this 'survey' was a political hack job conducted by the same people who were claiming "150,000" immediately prior to the 2004 elections.
The amazing thing is that people do not bother to look a the source of the statistics - just repeat them unquestioningly in order to support their political opinions.
2006-11-27 06:14:57 · answer #5 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of who is doing the killing it has been the responsibility of the United States to protect Iraqi citizens until Iraqi security forces are ready to stand up. . . so we are very accountable to those numbers. That has been a commitment of our leadership since the beginning of the war. It is tragic that we cannot protect them.
2006-11-27 05:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by Gerty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, since it's not the actual coalition forces that are killing these people, you should really ask the people of Iraq what they think of their fellow Muzzies killing them indiscriminately.
2006-11-27 05:41:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Moore is probably the last person in the world I would
believe about anything...
2006-11-27 05:49:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋