In article , "mp" wrote:
mp has apparently made this up. No surprise. The worst case numbers I
found came from a website http://www.iraqbodycount.net .
Their count is 10994 and seems to include civilian deaths from any and all
sources including attacks by Iraqui
insurgents/terrorists, those hit by errant missles/gunfire by Iraqui army,
any source that puts deaths above the "normal" for a time
period, civilians running checkpoints, etc.

The website you mention trys to keep an accurate count of all verified
deaths, ie. those who have been brought to hospitals or morgues, or whose
deaths have been reported in the media and verified from multiple sources.

Muslim tradition is to bury the dead as soon as possible, and the reality of
the situation is that many of the dead are buried right away, often close to
where they died, without having their deaths being officially recorded.

So in other words your numbers are nothing more than a wild-ass guess.

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