TheAustralian.com: Doctors To PM - Take Lancet Iraq Death Toll Seriously
Take Iraq death toll seriously: doctors
October 22, 2006
PRIME Minister John Howard should take a study into the Iraqi death toll seriously, according to a group of prominent Australian doctors.
Mr Howard and US President George W. Bush dismissed the report, saying the findings were not credible or believable.
However, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War said both Governments should reassess their position.
"The study is the most accurate assessment of the Iraqi war dead and Mr Howard is being irresponsible by rejecting it out of hand," spokesman Dr Robert Marr said in a statement today.
The doctors stress the study was undertaken by respected researchers, with sound methodology and its conclusions should be taken seriously. The research team used surveys to estimate there had been at least 426,000 deaths and as many as 794,000 Iraqis may have died in this conflict.
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October 22, 2006
PRIME Minister John Howard should take a study into the Iraqi death toll seriously, according to a group of prominent Australian doctors.
Mr Howard and US President George W. Bush dismissed the report, saying the findings were not credible or believable.
However, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War said both Governments should reassess their position.
"The study is the most accurate assessment of the Iraqi war dead and Mr Howard is being irresponsible by rejecting it out of hand," spokesman Dr Robert Marr said in a statement today.
The doctors stress the study was undertaken by respected researchers, with sound methodology and its conclusions should be taken seriously. The research team used surveys to estimate there had been at least 426,000 deaths and as many as 794,000 Iraqis may have died in this conflict.
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