Clarification on Iraqi Death Toll

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Clarification on Iraqi Death Toll

IraqBodyCount.org reports between 68,000 and 79,000 confirmed civilian deaths in Iraq since the invasion in 2003. By “confirmed” they mean reported by two independent journalistic sources.

JustForeignPolicy.org and the Lancet estimate that, based on the confirmed numbers above, Iraqi deaths due to the invasion are at 15,000 short of 1 million dead Iraqis. In four years.

For the record: I served in the US Army for five and half years. I was an Arabic linguist in military intelligence. I sympathize with the troops there. But I sympathize as much with the Iraqi people themselves. Some of my Arabic teachers were Iraqi. They have family and loved ones there.

I hope they’re safe there - all of them. That’s all.

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