Study estimates nearly 500,000 Iraqis died in war

Study estimates nearly 500,000 Iraqis died in war - latimes.com:
"In a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers concluded that at least 461,000 "excess" Iraqi deaths occurred in the troubled nation after the U.S.-led invasion that resulted in the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein. Those were defined as fatalities that would not have occurred in the absence of an invasion and occupation."