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To: sylvester80 who wrote (180149)	1/17/2006 10:45:45 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The researchers compared the mortality rate among civilians in Iraq during the 14.6 months prior to the March 2003 invasion with the 17.8 month period following the invasion. Oh geezus mother of .... So they are tallying up the stats on everyone who has died in a "sample group" from ALL CAUSES and then trying to postulate the increase in dead people in Iraq caused by Coalition Bombings based upon that data?? That's just friggin' RIDICULOUS!!! It apparently does not take into account demographic age differences between then and now, nor the increase in general lawlessness that has resulted in gang warfare and hostage takingm, or what about just general poor sickness because of dislocation and or combat in their living areas. And it's just an inane manner in which to formulate how many coalition casualties have been suffered amongst civilians. It certainly doesn't seem to reflect the numbers of dead people from suicide bombings, beheadings, or just general tribal violence. You want a BETTER COUNT METHODOLOGY?? Tally up all the claims that the US has paid to family members of victims of Coalition related combat. Or maybe... try THIS website... which seems to try and do a decent job of tallying deaths and causes of them. iraqbodycount.net Hawk