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by griffzhowl 183 days ago
Yes, it's on the low end of estimates and corresponds most closely to the US military's Iraq war logs that were leaked by Wikileaks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Tab...

Still, "over 100,000" is technically correct if it's more than 100,000. Since this subject isn't the main point of the article and the Iraq war is generally acknowledged to have been disastrous, I suppose he chose a safe figure so as not to derail the article with disputed estimates at the outset.