On 22 Dec 2006 18:18:02 GMT 'Dr A. N. Walker' posted this onto uk.politics.misc: In article <qk9no25lh28fer0g3edl5ijhv2nvnakhel@4ax.com>, hummingbird <RHBIYDTNPPAX@spammotel.com> wrote: [...]. If there was sampling bias, or fraud on the part of the families, then the Lancet results are plain wrong; That applies to any other sampling using the same methods. [...

We estimate that as of July, 2006, there have been 654 965 (392 979–942 636) excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war, which corresponds to 2·5%% of the population in the study area. Of post-invasion deaths, 601 027 (426 369–793 663) were due to violence, the most common cause being gunfire. Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey Gilbert

News & Views for Anarchists & Activists: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo The new Lancet study can be found here: http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919.pdf http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/pdf/lancet101106.pdf ***** http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001442_pf.html Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll