Over 150,000 Iraqis killed

Press TV


Survey: Over 150,000 Iraqis killed
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:55:24

The US invasion of Iraq has led to a human catastrophe.

The US-led invasion of Iraq has led to a grave human catastrophe which has left more than 150,000 Iraqi people killed, a survey shows.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that a large-scale household survey showed that an estimated 151,000 Iraqis have been killed since the US-led invasion of their country in March 2003 to the middle of 2006.

The details of the survey have been published in the New England journal of Medicine, the DPA reported.

"Assessment of the death toll in conflict situations is extremely difficult and household survey results have to be interpreted with caution," said Mohamed Ali, a WHO statistician.

"However, in the absence of comprehensive death registration and hospital reporting, household surveys are the best we can do,” he added.

The WHO estimate is based on interviews in 9,345 households in nearly 1,000 neighborhoods and villages across Iraq.

MGH/RA

-this takes us to a MINIMUM of 750,000 dead in the middle east. 750k as reported by main stream media. can you guess what the real number is? :-( -st0ckman :-(