Iraq war deaths estimated at 650,000
October 13th, 2006More than 650,000 Iraqi civilians have died in violence as a result of the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, a new study says, but the US and Iraqi governments have rejected the claims.
The report published in the Lancet, a medical journal, said on Wednesday: “We estimate that as of July 2006, there have been 654,965… excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war, which corresponds to 2.5% of the population in the study area.
“Of post-invasion deaths 601,027 … were due to violence, the most common cause being gunfire.”
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