Have 600,000 Iraqis died violently since 2003?

I think one of the comments makes a good point: That said, I'm probably erring on the side of the WHO at this point.

Usually when the plot thickens, it means some new and interesting information has come to light. I know that Soros funded the study, that was why I posted that "the point about funding from Soros is reasonable". The point in question was from the article posted which states

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Soros's group gave $46,000, and the Samuel Rubin Foundation gave $5,000. An anonymous donor, and another donor whose identity he does not know, provided the balance, Tirman said. The Lancet II study cost about $100,000, according to Tirman, including about $45,000 for publicity and travel. That means that nearly half of the study's funding came from an outspoken billionaire who has repeatedly criticized the Iraq campaign and who spent $30 million trying to defeat Bush in 2004.

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