[Just A Nobody]

-- each time just before a U.S. election.

I did not realize that.

Regardless, the NYSlimes and the abomination, aka the UN, are not credible sources for the time of day, let alone anything serious.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Here's a link to a story about the first study (released just before the Presidential election in 2004):

http://www.slate.com/id/2108887/

And here's a link to a story about the second "study" (released just before the midterm elections in 2006):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001442.html

Note that the first "study" estimated about 100,000 deaths; while the second (just 2 years later) estimated 600,000 deaths. Apparently gross exaggeration wasn't enough -- unbounded hyperbole was deemed necessary. You'll still hear useful idiots quoting these absurd figures -- even though they are several times higher than even the UN estimates.