Nukeman
01-13-2008, 05:32 PM
Came across this today and I immediatley thought of all the anti-war libs on this sight who are so quick to point out the "EXAGERATED" number of deaths in the Iraq war. Here is proof that sometimes they just might LIE to get their point across.. Imagine that Lbs who would LIE or EXAGERATE to make a point. Does this sound like anyone onthis board......... *hint*.... TM...*hint*
Anti-war Soros funded Iraq study
A STUDY that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros.
Soros, 77, provided almost half the £50,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The Lancet, the medical journal. Its claim was 10 times higher than consensus estimates of the number of war dead.
The study, published in 2006, was hailed by antiwar campaigners as evidence of the scale of the disaster caused by the invasion, but Downing Street and President George Bush challenged its methodology.
New research published by The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 151,000 people - less than a quarter of The Lancet estimate - have died since the invasion in 2003.
“The authors should have disclosed the [Soros] donation and for many people that would have been a disqualifying factor in terms of publishing the research,” said Michael Spagat, economics professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The Lancet study was commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and led by Les Roberts, an associate professor and epidemiologist at Columbia University. He reportedly opposed the war from the outset.
His team surveyed 1,849 homes at 47 sites across Iraq, asking people about births, deaths and migration in their households.
The Lancet did not break any rules by failing to disclose Soros’s sponsorship. No they didn't break any rules but they sure dont help their cause by hiding this type of information especially WRONG information
Just goes to show you how the anti-war libs will go to any extent including LYING to get their message out there. I just hope TM doesn't find out about this practice......oh wait I think she already did........
Anti-war Soros funded Iraq study
A STUDY that claimed 650,000 people were killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq was partly funded by the antiwar billionaire George Soros.
Soros, 77, provided almost half the £50,000 cost of the research, which appeared in The Lancet, the medical journal. Its claim was 10 times higher than consensus estimates of the number of war dead.
The study, published in 2006, was hailed by antiwar campaigners as evidence of the scale of the disaster caused by the invasion, but Downing Street and President George Bush challenged its methodology.
New research published by The New England Journal of Medicine estimates that 151,000 people - less than a quarter of The Lancet estimate - have died since the invasion in 2003.
“The authors should have disclosed the [Soros] donation and for many people that would have been a disqualifying factor in terms of publishing the research,” said Michael Spagat, economics professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The Lancet study was commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and led by Les Roberts, an associate professor and epidemiologist at Columbia University. He reportedly opposed the war from the outset.
His team surveyed 1,849 homes at 47 sites across Iraq, asking people about births, deaths and migration in their households.
The Lancet did not break any rules by failing to disclose Soros’s sponsorship. No they didn't break any rules but they sure dont help their cause by hiding this type of information especially WRONG information
Just goes to show you how the anti-war libs will go to any extent including LYING to get their message out there. I just hope TM doesn't find out about this practice......oh wait I think she already did........