That’s 1 out of every 40 Iraqis.

The death toll in Iraq following the US-led invasion has topped 655,000 - one in 40 of the entire population - according to a major piece of research in one of the world’s leading medical journals.

The study, produced by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and published online by the Lancet, claims the total number of deaths is more than 10 times greater than any previously compiled estimate.

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As a point of comparison….the US civil war killed approximately 620,000 soldiers.

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The 39-year-old Mesa woman had three outstanding warrants.

She was also carrying a 9mm pistol and nunchakus (commonly called nunchucks) — hardwood sticks joined by a rawhide, chain or cord –in her waistband when police contacted her in the 9900 block of East Broadway Road around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, records show.

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