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Revert, it is not a 'non-factual' reference, and you have not allowed enough time for your comment on the talk page to be responded to.
===Iraqi Casualties===
===Iraqi Casualties===
The website http://www.iraqbodycount.org estimates that there have been fewer than 65,000 civilian casualties since the Iraq war, though this number is calculated from media reports and by their own admission, is only a sample of the true number of deaths.
The website http://www.iraqbodycount.org estimates that there have been fewer than 65,000 civilian casualties since the Iraq war, though this number is calculated from media reports and by their own admission, is only a sample of the true number of deaths.
On-the-ground academic research in Iraq has determined that approximately 600,000 more Iraqis have died since March 2003 than would have otherwise died in that time frame if the war was not raging.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/world/middleeast/11casualties.html?ex=1318219200&en=516b1d070ff83c15&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss</ref> Pro-occupation proponents dispute the numbers, but few statisticians do, as the methodology is largely sound.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled to neighboring [[Jordan]] and [[Syria]] since the 2003 invasion.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1966333,00.html</ref>
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled to neighboring [[Jordan]] and [[Syria]] since the 2003 invasion.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1966333,00.html</ref>