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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Well Madame Albright took credit for 500,000 deaths during sanctions so perhaps we are seeing an improvement here.
Why don't they just make the number up? It will have the same impact.
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You probably didn't read the entire article. It went on to describe the sampling techniques used, and how they were well within the criterea for sociological/scientific studies. The article also noted that this same researcher was the one who made the estimates of the numbers killed in the Rwandan Civil War and that these estimates were widely accepted as being accurate. The 100,000 figure is within a 95% confidence level of being the correct one.
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