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Thread #74898   Message #1310709
Posted By: Peter T.
29-Oct-04 - 01:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Study: 100,000 Iraqis Killed by US war
Subject: RE: BS: Study: 100,000 Iraqis Killed by US war
I agree with McGrath, it is uncertain. I have been merely extrapolating all this time -- as has everyone. There was a UNICEF report (forget which one) which seemed to be done carefully early on with reports from doctors and nurses who at that time still had a functioning clinic system and so on (one of the problems is that child mortality figures are very difficult to assess if your medical system is broken -- children die of dysentery, complications, etc. at home. Unless children are being taken regularly to clinics, and so on, the numbers are guesswork.

yours, Peter T.