UK Independent: Iraq Death Toll Is Far Worse than Our Leaders Admit

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Les Roberts: Iraq's death toll is far worse than our leaders admit
The US and Britain have triggered an episode more deadly than the Rwandan genocide

Published: 14 February 2007
On both sides of the Atlantic, a process of spinning science is preventing a serious discussion about the state of affairs in Iraq.

The government in Iraq claimed last month that since the 2003 invasion between 40,000 and 50,000 violent deaths have occurred. Few have pointed out the absurdity of this statement.

There are three ways we know it is a gross underestimate. First, if it were true, including suicides, South Africa, Colombia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia have experienced higher violent death rates than Iraq over the past four years. If true, many North and South American cities and Sub-Saharan Africa have had a similar murder rate to that claimed in Iraq. For those of us who have been in Iraq, the suggestion that New Orleans is more violent seems simply ridiculous.

Secondly, there have to be at least 120,000 and probably 140,000 deaths per year from natural causes in a country with the population of Iraq. The numerous stories we hear about overflowing morgues, the need for new cemeteries and new body collection brigades are not consistent with a 10 per cent rise in death rate above the baseline. ......(more)

The rest of the piece is at: http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2268067.ece

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1. And anyone expected the administration of total lies to give 'US' the actual........

body bag count; no wonder THEY don't want the dead soldiers coffins photographed as they're unloaded from the planes. Just ANOTHER bushco disgrace.