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Zodiak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-01-07 06:24 PM
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1. I do not believe those numbers
They look a little light in the "wounded" category for the good guys, and a little heavy for the bad guys .

Is this simply hostile combat action...or kidnapping/murder as well? Does this include those that die of "food insecurity", lack of health care, or poor water?

Since the country is in total chaos, the government cannot get its head out of its ass, and many dead bodies do not make it to morgues, I'll stick with the mortality-due-to-war methodology of the Lancet and Johns Hopkins. Any other number is an underestimate, and "some people say" even that conservative number is underestimated further by design to make the country look more stable than it is.
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