Dahr Jamail: Excess Death in Iraq

[leftchick]

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=11204

Ronald Waldman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University who worked at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for several years, said that the survey method is "tried and true," and that "this is the best estimate of mortality we have." His view was backed by Sarah Leah Whitson at the Human Rights Watch in New York, who testified, "We have no reason to question the findings or the accuracy."

Here it is worth recording that the survey's estimate of Iraq's
pre-invasion death rate, which was used as the baseline of the survey, was roughly the same as the one used by both the CIA and the US Census Bureau.

As in the instance of the first survey, this study found that the actual
number of dead Iraqis could in fact be higher. The fact that this study
tabulated "excess deaths" implies that these people would still be alive
if the US had not invaded their country.

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For over a year now many Iraqis have been referring to what is happening in their country as genocide. With over 500 Iraqis being killed every single day as a direct result of the occupation, it is difficult to argue with them.

[leftchick]

1. Genocide

there someone finally said it.

[enigma000]

2. It sounds like auto-genocide to me

Iraqis, of all creeds, are killing themselves off.

Still, can the net population increase during a genocide?

Death rate (per Lancet): 13.3 per 1000 people after the invasion

Birth rate: Over 30 per 1000 people
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