[2][3] In comparison, the 2006 Lancet survey suggested almost half this number (654,965 deaths) through the end of June 2006.
On 28 January 2008, ORB published an update based on additional work carried out in rural areas of Iraq.
"[1] From the September 14, 2007 ORB press release[1] concerning the first set of interviews: Their pollster was Dr. Munqeth Daghir, founding director of the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACS).
[1][7] ORB described IIACSS as a “polling/ research company established in Iraq in 2003 and which has a network of interviewers covering all regions of the country.
[1] Opinion Research Business published an update to the survey on 28 January 2008, based on additional work carried out in rural areas of Iraq.