The number is shocking and sobering.
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,173,743"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America''sWar On Iraq 3,972
http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$497,736,487,673
It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003.
That study, published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet, estimated that over 600,000 Iraqis had been killed as a result of the invasion as of July 2006. Iraqis have continued to be killed since then. The graphic above provides a rough daily update of this number based on a rate of increase derived from the Iraq Body Count. (See the complete explanation.)
The estimate that over a million Iraqis have died received independent confirmation from a prestigious British polling agency in September 2007. Opinion Research Business estimated that 1.2 million Iraqis have been killed violently since the US invasion.
This devastating human toll demands greater recognition. It eclipses the Rwandan genocide and our leaders are directly responsible. Little wonder they do not publicly cite it. Here is simple HTML code to post the counter to your website and help spread the word.
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America''s War On Iraq 3,972
http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$497,736,487,673
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