Iraq war: estimated 1 million dead/ 5 million misplaced

A British polling agency (Opinion research business) has estimated that almost 1.3 million Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. occupation of Iraq in 2003.

ORB said it drew its conclusion from responses to questions about those living under one roof: "How many members of your household, if any, have died as a result of the conflict in Iraq since 2003?" There was no way to verify the number, because the government does not provide a full count of civilian deaths. Neither does the U.S. military.

ORB said its poll had a margin of error of 2.4%. Last year, a study in the medical journal Lancet put the number at 654,965, This devastating human toll demands greater recognition. It eclipses the Rwandan genocide and Darfur.

The United Nations estimates that there are almost 5 million displaced Iraqis as well. More than half of them refugees, and on top of that less than 40 percent of households have access to clean water.

Another statistic which backs up the claim of 1 million deaths on the Iraqi side are recent statistics of widowed wives.

In a recent news poll, an Iraqi news agency estimated there are 1 to 2 million war widowed wives in the country.

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