Study: War blamed for 655,000 Iraqi deaths« Thread Started on Oct 11, 2006, 8:35pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Study: War blamed for 655,000 Iraqi deathsread at source: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast ... lBALTIMORE, Maryland (CNN) -- War has wiped out about 655,000 Iraqis or more than 500 people a day since the U.S.-led invasion, a new study reports.Violence including gunfire and bombs caused the majority of deaths but thousands of people died from worsening health and environmental conditions directly related to the conflict that began in 2003, U.S. and Iraqi public health researchers said.