In an article on Aljazeera.net, academics are backing a controversial estimate of Iraqi dead.
Dr David Rush, a professor and epidemiologist at Tufts University in Boston, said: “Over the last 25 years, this sort of methodolog [used in research published in Lancet estimating 655,000 excess Iraqi deaths since the U.S.-led invasion] has been used more and more often, especially by relief agencies in times of emergency.”
The research article includes an explanation of shortcomings of “passive methods” of estimating fatalities.