User talk:SpaceToast

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Image:IraqiWarDeaths.gif
Hi. Someone put on Lancet surveys of mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. I added some notes to the image caption there in order to clarify some things. I will put this page on my watchlist, in order to notice any replies you might make. Any further clarifications would be appreciated.

I am confused by a few things. Can you tell me some more about the men, women, children, and elderly breakdown? I assume the elderly men and women numbers are not double counted in the chart section for men and women?

Also, it looks like you used the same chart for the 2 charts on the right side of the image. The Iraq Body Count project by October 2006 had counted around 45,000 to 50,000 English-media-reported civilian deaths. See:
 * Iraq Body Count project
 * Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003

It looks like Bush deferred to the military. I assume this quote below explains why the 2 charts on the right are the same:


 * At a separate Pentagon briefing, Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said that the figure "seems way, way beyond any number that I have seen. I've not seen a number higher than 50,000. And so I don't give it that much credibility at all."


 * http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/12/MNGUTLNP6C1.DTL

Thanks for creating the image. I am a user of Irfanview and with my basic knowledge I know enough to respect those who have figured out a lot more than me. --Timeshifter 04:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I responded at Talk:Lancet surveys of mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq to your comment there, and to your note on my talk page. Thanks again. --Timeshifter 18:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)