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Asked about if the Foreign Secretary’s comments about the Iraqi casualties were "important or interesting" the PMOS replied that anything the Foreign Secretary said was important, but he was not sure if the journalist would regard the comments as breaking new ground, however.

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Anyone know what statement we’re talking about here? I can only assume it’s the response to the Lancet (100,000 excess deaths) report here:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391629&a=KArticle&aid=1100183680513
which I’ve added some comments on at http://www.casi.org.uk/analysis/2004/msg00500.html

and whose arguments have been taken apart more fully elsewhere:
http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/wwwitter/20041102-_but_one_hundred_thousand_deaths_is_an_easily-abused_statistic.html#wcomment_00000355
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/002780.html

Or has there been another statement by Jack Straw on casualties?
Comment by Daniel O'Huiginn — 21 Nov 2004 on 9:25 am | Link

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