Study: War blamed for 655,000 Iraqi deaths: Violence including gunfire and bombs caused the majority of deaths but thousands of people died from worsening health and environmental conditions directly related to the conflict that began in 2003, U.S. and Iraqi public health researchers said. [...]
The survey, being published online by British medical journal The Lancet, gives a far higher number of deaths in Iraq than other organizations.
(President Bush says he does not consider report credible)
