" John F Lemke" <jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote in message news: <o9KdnfM47tctzwbcRVn-1w@locallink.net>...

Then you get the Canadian furrball that can lump all opposition to the
invasion into a "muslim terrorist" pile and justify the deaths of 100,000
Iraqis.

Some believe that 100,000 number is inflated. The actual number is bad
enough -- and we should keep in mind the fact that it is the terrorist
insurgency that has actually targeted Iraqi civilians and police ...

[quoting] The British medical journal The Lancet claiming the U.S. has
killed 100,000 Iraqi civilians since the invasion.

MICHAEL FUMENTO: Bad numbers
Scripps Howard News Service
November 7, 2004

[excerpt] Consider that 100,000 deaths during the survey period
averages out to over 180 a day. Have you heard anyone even claim we
killed anywhere near that number on one day, much less every day? The
bad guys wouldn't even try to pull that off. They left it to The
Lancet.

Even anti-war and anti-American groups and individuals have indicated
the Lancet figure is outlandish. "These numbers seem to be inflated,"
due "to over counting," Marc Garlasco, of Human Rights Watch told the
Washington Post.

The Web site www.iraqbodycount.com estimates about 14,000-16,000
deaths since the war began. The Evil One himself, bin Laden, in his
pre-election video, made reference to the Iraq war and stated "over
15,000 of our people have been killed." [end excerpt]
© 2004 Star Tribune. All rights reserved.

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