From The Institute for Public Accuracy

Denis Halliday, Joy Gordon, Bert Sacks, and Rahul Mahajan talk of the real Oil for Food scandal.

By Milan Rai
CRITICISING THE LANCET

As soon as the Lancet, the world’s leading medical journal, published an estimate that 98,000 Iraqis have died because of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the British Government attempted to undermine this work.

The Lancet estimate (usually approximated to 100,000 deaths) includes Iraqi civilians and insurgents, and includes all causes of death, whether violent or nonviolent, and whether they were caused by foreigners (such as US pilots) or by Iraqis themselves.