The counting and the controversy beautifully summarized here on Bill Moyers Journal. Excerpt:
New England Journal of Medicine Iraqi Family Health Survey Study Group
Results: 151,000 civilians deaths between March 2003 and June 2006
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Results: 654,965 additional civilian deaths between March 2003 and July 2006
Iraq Body Count Project
Results: 81,874-89,353 civilian deaths (as of February 1, 2008)
Opinion Research Business
This British polling agency which has been tracking public opinion in Iraq since September 2005.
Results: 733,158-1,220,580 civilian deaths between March 2003 and September 2007
The Brookings Institute Iraq Index
Results: 103,567 (May 2003 through February 2008)
“Security, security, security. Terrorism, terrorism, terrorism.”