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From: Martin Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: 100,000 Deador 8,000
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:25:47 -0600, Dan Minette
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So, let's call it 15,000
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:36:55 -0800, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2108887/#ContinueArticle
So, let's call it 15,000 orallowing for deaths that the press didn't
report20,000 or 25,000, maybe 30,000 Iraqi civilians killed in a
pre-emptive war waged (according
- Original Message -
From: Martin Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: 100,000 Deador 8,000
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:36:55 -0800, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://slate.msn.com/id
On Nov 10, 2004, at 3:39 AM, Martin Lewis wrote:
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:36:55 -0800, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2108887/#ContinueArticle
So, let's call it 15,000 orallowing for deaths that the press didn't
report20,000 or 25,000, maybe 30,000 Iraqi civilians
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:25:47 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, let's call it 15,000 orallowing for deaths that the press didn't
report20,000 or 25,000, maybe 30,000 Iraqi civilians killed in a
pre-emptive war waged (according to the latest rationale) on their
behalf.
That's
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:43:12 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
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As far as I know The Lancet study remains the only scientific study
into deaths so until more studies have been done we really have no way
of knowing what an accurate figure is.
Kaplan mentioned the IBC
[I'm putting my reply up here; it's to what follows, of course.]
I'd bet the numbers are higher than the IBC web site indicates as well.
However, anyone who wants to argue against the conflict using casualty
statistics alone simply must be extremely cautious about the numbers
used.
Even if
Dan Minette wrote:
Experimental science is rooted in methodology and an understanding
of the inherent errors in methodology.
That's fun! How do you propose to use Experimental Science to compute
body counts? Fill 100 planes with 200 people, crash them into buildings,
and take statistics on
http://slate.msn.com/id/2108887/#ContinueArticle
Apologies if this article has already been posted.
From the intro:
The report's authors derive this figure by estimating how many Iraqis
died in a 14-month period before the U.S. invasion, conducting surveys on
how many died in a similar period
