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Harry wrote:
“Lawry, News last night reported 22 civilians died during the
day. Somehow, the other 778 civilian deaths forecast by the highly scientific
Lancet survey have all been buried surreptitiously. And the 5,446 family
members belonging to these deaths have all kept quiet about the carnage.
(Families average 7 members.) I'm still using my approximate 800 a day until I get the
exact dates that were included in the survey. I saw another figure of 713
civilians a day dying - but when I change it will be to as 'exact' a daily
figure as I can get. In any event, the Lancet figures are so far from reality as
to be laughable - as were the figures from the first survey. It reminds me of
the IPCC statistics that showed that by 2050, or thereabouts, the GNP of South
Africa would be greater than the GNP of the US. I must say the resistance to commonsense appraisal of the
results of this statistical "science" is on all fours with the
religious people's refusal to recognize anything that might conflict with their
devout faith.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I didn’t want this to become a tit for tat meme, but given Harry’s
proclivity for circular logic (it’s silly because I said so and can’t believe
this), it might be useful for others who are still interested to browse this
interview with one of the co-authors of the Lancet survey discuss methodology. Ø
Democracy Now! Les Roberts interview Oct. 12 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/145222 Ø
Again,
here is the link to the Lancet’s report, a PDF of 8 pages Mortality After the
2003 Iraq Invasion: a cross sectional cluster sample survey http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919.pdf Oct. 15: Ø
Prof. Juan Cole reports Over 90 Dead http://www.juancole.com/2006/10/over-90-dead-in-civil-war-violence.html Ø WaPost reports at least 80 dead in 2 days of fighting, as violence spreads
north to Kirkuk AND in the first half of October, 49 US soldiers killed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR2006101500206_pf.html This is not civil war, this is anarchy. By the way, if I ever get another big dog, if it’s a bulldog, male, I’m
going to name it Harry. - Karen |
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