[act-ma] 2/27 Counting the Dead in Iraq

[Charlie Welch]

Counting the Dead in Iraq

Speaker: Gilbert Burnham, Bloomberg School, John Hopkins University

*The *lead author of the controversial Johns Hopkins University study 
<http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2006/burnham_iraq_2006.html> 
that finds vastly higher civilian casualty toll than other research, 
joined washingtonpost.com World Opinion Roundup 
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/> columnist 
*Jefferson Morley* online *Thursday, Oct. 19, at noon ET* to discuss the 
study's conclusion that more than 600,000 Iraqis may have died since 
March of 2003.

World Opinion Roundup: Is Iraq's Civilian Death Toll 'Horrible' -- Or 
Worse? <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/> , ( /Oct. 
19, 2006/ )

Time: 4:30p–6:30p

Location: MIT E51-345 
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E51-345&mapsearch=go>

A discussion of civilian casualties in Iraq

Web site: http://web.mit.edu/tac

Open to: the general public

Cost: free

Sponsor(s): The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT, Center for 
International Studies, Bustani Middle East Seminar

For more information, contact:
Patricia-Maria Weinmann
617-253-0108
weinmann at mit.edu

http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=7830835&date=2007/02/27