Your post of 28 Dec 06 - 06:50 PM, regarding the 650,000 odd Iraqi civilians that the John Hopkins statisticians say MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED. How about asking them how they have verified their figures. You will find out that they cannot do that because their total figures are based on an extrapolation, i.e. They are not real. None of their sample figures have been verified or confirmed, and as such must be regarded as being extremely suspect and should not be quoted as representing any factual figure.
IraqBodyCount on the other hand do require at least two sources to verify deaths for their "Least" figure while only one is required for their "Worst" Case figure (57,000+ at the moment)
Like the clowns who stated that 500,000 Iraqi Children under the age of five died as a direct result of sanctions.
Population of Iraq in 1990 - 18.3 million Population of Iraq in 2003 - 23.6 million Population of Iraq in 2006 - 26 million