iraq war casualities

Data Bomb (National Journal) I suppose prostituting your institutional reputation is worth it if you can save lives that way. Of course it's a trick that cannot be repeated.

Split from this thread for scientific input Reference Is it possible that about 20 deadly car bombings occur every day in Iraq for 2 years, but that 90% go unreported despite causing casualties, while the few that do get reported generate an average of 6 independent reports?

I can't be reading this right: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2066.html Iraq -- 5.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) Perhaps they got the decimal point in the wrong place: Ireland -- 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) Isle of Man -- 11.1...