Americans Underestimate Iraqi Death Toll (AP)

[Eugene]

Americans Underestimate Iraqi Death Toll
By NANCY BENAC
Associated Press Writer

February 24, 2007, 2:25 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- Americans are keenly aware of how many U.S. forces have
lost their lives in Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. But they woefully
underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed.

When the poll was conducted earlier this month, a little more than 3,100 U.S.
troops had been killed. The midpoint estimate among those polled was right on
target, at about 3,000.

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Iraqi civilian deaths are estimated at more than 54,000 and could be much
higher; some unofficial estimates range into the hundreds of thousands. The
U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq reports more than 34,000 deaths in 2006 alone.

Among those polled for the AP survey, however, the median estimate of Iraqi
deaths was 9,890. The median is the point at which half the estimates were
higher and half lower.

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Whatever their understanding of the respective death tolls, three-quarters
of those polled said the numbers of both Americans and Iraqis who have been
killed are "unacceptable."

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Full article: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-death-in-iraq-ap-poll,0,5429491.story

[Erika]

1. W and the bushbots legacy

Decimation of a country who could never harm us.