655,000 Iraq War Deaths: Watch Ideologues Slander Good Science
Last week the esteemed medical journal The Lancet released an epidemiological study concluding that 655,000 Iraqis died from war-related injury and disease from March 2003 to July 2006. This shockingly high figure has drawn attacks from the Bush administration and right-wing pundits.
Speaking as a medical doctor, I wish to set the record straight.
The Lancet study is sound science. The study followed a strict, widely accepted methodology to arrive at its sobering conclusion. The study is being attacked not on scientific grounds, but for ideological reasons.
Full blog:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/curren-w-warf-md-/655000-iraq-war-deaths-_b_31843.html
Author:
Curren W. Warf, M.D.
National Board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility.