White House officials later said the 30,000 figure was not an official U.S. tally, but the best estimate available based on media reports
LA Times

Why doesn’t our government have its own estimate of how many Iraqis have died? Isn’t that a key piece of information as you’re assessing a war? Or do we really care so little that we don’t bother tracking, counting or estimating dead Iraqi civilians? [Tags: iraq GeorgeBush]

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