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October, 2004 —
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In 2010, still, The English-language media consistently maintain that "almost 100 thousand" Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the United States' invasion. Johns Hopkins estimated in 2006 that more than 650,000 Iraqis had died who would not have if there had been no U.S. invasion. |
In the first systematic attempt to make an estimate, a researcher from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health led a team that interviewed at 1000 Iraqi households in dispersed locations. They compared death rates before the invasion and after the invasion.
Most of the war-dead were women and children, if you want to know the details.
Coalition forces dead: 1,253
Latest Fatality: today (Oct 29, 2004)
Gallup Poll and CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, October 22-24:
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?"
| 51% | Yes |
| 46% | No |
| 3% | Don't know |
— 29 October, 2004
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