Iraqi Death Toll Exceeds 600,000, Study Estimates - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal reports that a study to be published in the Briitish medical journal the Lancet estimates the number of Iraqi civilian deaths at 600,000.
WASHINGTON -- A new study asserts that roughly 600,000 Iraqis have died from violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, a figure many times higher than any previous estimate.
The scientific methodology of the study, performed by scientists who have studied Rwanda and other crises, is described as excellent by
university experts in the United States. The results are credited with being 95% accurate.