Something to think about....

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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=NW_1-T&oldflok=ne-us-12-l6&flok=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20041028%2F1457167130.htm&sc=rontz


Study: 100,000 Excess Civilian Iraqi Deaths Since War

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Jack Benny used to say "timing is everything".
This piece smells of well-timed, disingenuous wordsmithing:

Reuters quote:
"Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, said the research which was submitted to the journal earlier this month had been peer-reviewed, edited and fast-tracked for publication because of its importance in the evolving security situation in Iraq."

"They compared Iraqi deaths...by conducting household surveys in randomly selected neighborhoods. The researchers did 33 cluster surveys of 30 households each, recording the date, circumstances and cause of deaths."

So, they surveyed 990 households and estimated 100,000 deaths from that?

How did they arrive at that figure?

Way in "excess" of other reports.