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Monday, February 27, 2006 12:00 AM

Grading on a curve in Iraq

Iraq may be stepping back from the brink of civil war, but it's a long way from where the administration once said it would be.
Tim Grieve

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  • Monday, February 27, 2006 06:55 AM

    Body count

    Tim writes: "Nearly 2,300 U.S. soldiers and maybe 10 times as many Iraqis have died in the war so far."

    Actually, using the most conservative number of Iraqi civilian deaths caused by military action listed on Iraq Body Count (28,535), at least 12.5 times as many Iraqi civilians have been killed in this war versus U.S. forces. Estimates go up from there -- and of course many more deaths are the indirect, not direct result of our military actions. Bush himself estimated civilian deaths at around 30,000 months ago, and it has risen considerably since. Human Rights Watch put the number at 100,000 more than a year ago.

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