Shocker! George Soros Funded Half Of The Bogus Lancet Iraq Death Toll Study
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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.
Professor John Tirman of MIT said this weekend that $46,000 (£23,000) of the approximate £50,000 cost of the study had come from Soros’s Open Society Institute.
Roberts said this weekend: “In retrospect, it was probably unwise to have taken money that could have looked like it would result in a political slant. I am adamant this could not have affected the outcome of the research.”
(Times Online)
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will someone please kill that fucker
January 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pmSHOCK GASP!! How could this be? I would never have thought he was involved.
Wishing death on others is bad karma… But in this case I think it may be good karma. It would have to be good to bring that much joy and relief to so many people.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:46 pmNAW! Damn, I gotta lie down. I’m just totally stunned. My favorite bit is where the study authors purposesly ommited his name because they feared people would think there is a political slant to the study.
GEE, Ya think so?
January 12th, 2008 at 7:48 pmYep. Someone needs to kill this prick.
January 12th, 2008 at 7:52 pmMIT, probably some kennedy money in their also.
Speaking of kennedy. Have you seen the latest oil from Venuzuela commercials. One of the recipients is a RETIRED military officer. RETIRED and isn’t getting enough money to buy your own oil?
January 13th, 2008 at 12:50 amNo ethics or moral Character … It’s tactical deception used by him and his cronies…and they wonder why they can’t change anything
January 13th, 2008 at 8:09 amActively supporting the enemy…and the democrate party and RHINOS are taking money from him big time.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:09 am