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Lanny_MacDonald · 10-12-2006, 12:21 PM

Bush doesn't seem to agree.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

I hate to say it, but I agree with Bush, that number seems incredibly high. Unfortunately, the number that is being reported (~50,000) seems incredibly low. The true number obviously lay in between.

What is really interesting about this projection is that it is done using the military's own formula and conducted by Johns Hopkins University in conjuction with an Iraqi university. That's an awfully prestigious university to put their reputation on the line like that. If it were another university it likely wouldn't be that credible, but Johns Hopkins? Wow. Makes you sit up and take notice and consider the incredible cost in human life that is being rung up over in Iraq all because of an unnecessary invasion.

10-12-2006, 12:21 PM	#1
Lanny_MacDonald Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	655,000 deaths in Iraq since invasion? Bush doesn't seem to agree. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl I hate to say it, but I agree with Bush, that number seems incredibly high. Unfortunately, the number that is being reported (~50,000) seems incredibly low. The true number obviously lay in between. What is really interesting about this projection is that it is done using the military's own formula and conducted by Johns Hopkins University in conjuction with an Iraqi university. That's an awfully prestigious university to put their reputation on the line like that. If it were another university it likely wouldn't be that credible, but Johns Hopkins? Wow. Makes you sit up and take notice and consider the incredible cost in human life that is being rung up over in Iraq all because of an unnecessary invasion.