Soros Discovered As Financier Of Phony “650,000 Dead Iraqis” Study
Times Online:
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.”
The Lancet did not break any rules by failing to disclose Soros’s sponsorship.
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I thought we already did this story?
Ok…here’s my comment: There’s an old saying Georgieboy…what goes around, comes around. And payback is a motherfucker.
January 13th, 2008 at 9:46 amThis pompous old POS need an “FMJ” injection.
January 13th, 2008 at 9:48 amIt’d be nice if McCain “campaign finance reformed” Soros, with a vengeance!
It’s remarkable how low the casualties really are, quite a testament to the honor, and morality of our troops.
January 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am“I am adamant this could not have affected the outcome of the research.”
That’s not too surprising since the researcher had a bias from the start and would not have been funded otherwise! Another pie in the face of academia.
Academics are prostitutes. I know, I am one. Global warming is the biggest academic pimp on the block.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:16 amIt never ceases to amaze me how these so-called studies that start out with a lie are somehow presented with an end-point that is considered to be scientific.
In school, I was taught to let the data speak for itself and to start out with a premise that you have maybe an idea as to what the outcome of a study might be, but to let the data determine the final analysis instead of starting out with a prjudicial view and throwing out any sort of scientific method.
I can say with certainty, the idiots that came up with Soros’ report couldn’t have gotten a passing grade in my science classes with this bogus POS report.
All my teachers were like David Horowitz and they would never have let such a sham get past his students without a scathing public commentary.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:51 amMr. Standfast
“Academics are prostitutes. I know, I am one. Global warming is the biggest academic pimp on the block.”
does that explain why the “veto pens” are [on sale] nowadays ?
January 13th, 2008 at 11:13 amSome day this swine will be maggot muck… unfortunately his billions will be funneled through hundreds of marxist front groups world wide.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:02 pmT R E A S O N ,,,is a virtue in the world of the MSM and their sponsors..
January 13th, 2008 at 12:33 pmWhat an evil bastard
January 13th, 2008 at 1:11 pmHe won’t live forever.
He is 77 now & the Grim Reaper has him at the top of the list.
Some people think they are so very clever….
January 13th, 2008 at 1:35 pmWe at A Newt One exposed this many moons ago but we were scoffed by the socialist Leftinistra. Glad to see it has come up again!
In other news, Hillary is taking credit for the Troop Surge.
UFB!!
http://www.anewtone.com/2008/01/hillary-takes-credit-for-troop-surge.html
January 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pmWill someone please kill this fucker?
January 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm@ Snooper, add Dollard to your link list on your home page please
or I’ll remove your bookmark!
January 13th, 2008 at 3:58 pmI am going to have a party when Soros dies and you all are invited . . .
January 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm