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Originally Posted by alias  If this administration is reponsible for 40,000 deaths, how many are the terrorists resonsible for? | Poor planning, air strikes by coalition forces and a "climate of violence" have led to more than 100,000 extra deaths in Iraq, scientists claim. A study published by the Lancet says the risk of death by violence for civilians in Iraq is now 58 times higher than before the US-led invasion.
Unofficial estimates of civilian deaths had varied from 10,000 to over 37,000.
The Lancet admits the research is based on a small sample - under 1,000 homes - but says the findings are "convincing".
Responding to the Lancet article, a Pentagon spokesman defended coalition action in Iraq. BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq death toll 'soared post-war'
"I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators." Dick Cheney.
We have RAISED their risk of death by 58 TIMES.
And Cheney thinks we will be greeted as "liberators". "(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
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