Iraq death toll no longer a secret

[d.mcc]

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005, in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by the Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.

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http://freep.com/article/20090424/NEWS07/904240340

[ccbatson]

Now it is elevated to a rumor...up from being a secret.

[jams]

Now it is elevated to a rumor...up from being a secret.

Guess it wasn't reported on Cc's favorite source of bias.

[Blarf]

Well, that's much more believable than the 400,000 + deaths claimed by the liberal media.

[jams]

Whatever the correct number is. Was it necessary?

[jams]

I live in a city of +/- 40,000 people. Please explain the benefits of killing off twice to 10x of that population.

[Blarf]

Whatever the correct number is. Was it necessary?

No. The war/invasion was bullshit.

It's my opinion that if Iraq didn't have oil, no one would care about their existence.