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November 21, 2004
Iraq: the Blair Body Count
The Labour government are claiming that only that 4,000 civilians have been killed in the Iraq War. The information was given to Alex Salmond in response to a parliamentary question.
How did they arrive at this figure?
The Iraq Body Count (IBC) site (21 November) indicates 14,454 to 16,604 civilian deaths. Based on carefully collected official and media reports, The IBC figure is regarded as a minimum.
The field survey published by The Lancet, which didn’t include Fallujah, suggested that there were more than 100,000 probable deaths, including combatants but also large numbers of civilians randomly killed in bombing.
Who produced the figure released by the government? The Ministry of Defence? Do they really think anyone will believe them?
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Posted by Simon Holledge at November 21, 2004 10:45 PM
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