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More then few millions.. not just "hundreds of thousands", i don't like the way it is worded He most likely used data from a survey in 2007 [1], hence i'll que
by WhereIsTheTruth 4y ago
More then few millions.. not just "hundreds of thousands", i don't like the way it is worded
He most likely used data from a survey in 2007 [1], hence i'll question the integrity of the article
Already mentions millions in 2008 [2]
> More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003
And 2.4 millions in 2016 [3]
> But our calculations, using the best information available, show a catastrophic estimate of 2.4 million Iraqi deaths since the 2003 invasion.
[1] - https://web.archive.org/web/20090422225308/https://surveys.ap.org/data/Ipsos/national/2007-02-16%20AP%20Iraq-soldiers%20topline.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090422225308/https://surveys.a...
[2] - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey-idUSL3048857920080130 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey-idUSL3...
[3] - https://www.salon.com/2018/03/19/the-staggering-death-toll-in-iraq_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2018/03/19/the-staggering-death-toll-i...
- cudgy 4y agoCould it be some of the deaths were caused by the instability that toppling the existing Saddam Hussein government caused and not only by direct US military involvement? Some consequences that come to mind are warlords battling for control of provinces, unleashed tribal factions now free to kill each other, collateral damage from US military attacks destroying critical civilian infrastructure like sewage treatment and medical capacity, starvation, etc.