You may not know of the Lancet, but it is one of the top journals in the world and has an impeccable reputation.
Far better people than you have tried to discredit that research (including the British government) without success. The incredible thing is that if you search the archives you will find that this has been discussed on the list exhaustively before, do we have to keep rehashing the same things? At least it's an increasingly small and desperate band of people defending the indefensible. On 3/17/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "The analysis, an extrapolation based on a relatively small number of > documented deaths," > > "the past 18 months of fighting in Iraq have been "prosecuted in the most > precise fashion of any conflict in the history of modern warfare" > > "Previous independent estimates of civilian deaths in Iraq were far lower, > never exceeding 16,000. Other experts immediately challenged the new > estimate, saying the small number of documented deaths upon which it was > based make the conclusions suspect." > > "These numbers seem to be inflated." - Marc E. Garlasco, senior military > analyst for Human Rights Watch > > "I certainly think that 100,000 is a reach," Garlasco said." > > So who's spinning who now Wayne? > > BTW I hate the fact that you have the same name as my recently deceased > Vietnam Era Marine Uncle. > > -- > Tim Heald > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-300-3911 > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent Attack > > The Lancet. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3962969.stm > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7967-2004Oct28.html > etc. > > On 3/17/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 100,000? Where exactly did that number come from? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:43 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent Attack > > > > > > That is very debatable, well over 100,000 dead civilians would > > > probably think not. > > > > > > > > > On 3/17/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So, haven't we made the world a better place for the Iraqi people? > > > Aren't > > > > they more free because of our actions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
