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To: RetiredNow who wrote (215726)	1/22/2005 10:48:57 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574180

you don't really want to know where the 100k figure came from... lol scoop.co.nz can you say "desperation"?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (215726)	1/23/2005 11:25:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574180

War has cost 100,000 Iraqi lives: Lancet study 29.10.2004 1.00pm The first scientific study of the human cost of the Iraq war suggests that at least 100,000 civilians have lost their lives since their country was invaded in March 2003. More than half of those who died were women and children killed in air strikes, researchers say. Previous estimates have put the Iraqi death toll at around 10,000 - ten times the 1,000 members of the British, American and multi-national forces who have died so far. But the study, published in The Lancet, suggested that Iraqi casualties could be as much as 100 times the coalition losses. It was also savagely critical of the failure by coalition forces to count Iraqi casualties. The figures provoked a furious response last night in West-minster. Clare Short, the former cabinet minister who resigned over the war, said: "It is really horrifying. When will Tony Blair stop saying it is all beneficial for the Iraqi people since Saddam Hussein has gone? How many more lives are to be taken? It is no wonder, given this tragic death toll, that the resistance to the occupation is growing. "We have all relied on Iraqi body counts from media reports. That is clearly an under-estimate and this shows that it was a very big under-estimate. It is truly dreadful. Tony Blair talks simplistically about it getting better in Iraq. These figures prove it is just an illusion." continued........... nzherald.co.nz