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Originally posted by legion
(Notice that we only hear about U.S. casualties in Iraq).
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This is the way the US military leaders asked for it to be done. All news is censored out of Iraq, they don't want us to know how many Iraqi have died - not good press.
Cost in dollars:
http://costofwar.com/
Cost in US blood:
http://antiwar.com/casualties/
Cost in Iraqi blood (conservative number):
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
Cost in Iraqi blood (liberal):
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/press/
The lancet study (weigh it as you will):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3962969.stm
More Lancet comparisons:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/10/28/iraq_deaths041028.html
Note: if you look for articles on depleted uranium (DU's) you will find projection numbers going over 1-million - that is if you count dead fetuses/ miscarriages too.