The Lancet was right!

Craig Murray refers to an article which was on the BBC World Service and News 24 over the weekend:

The BBC World Service has obtained a leaked document. It is an official appraisal by British government scientists across government departments, commissioned by 10 Downing Street, of the study published by the Lancet that estimated 655,000 dead in Iraq. The appraisal says that the methodology is correct and that the study "follows best practice".

Astonishingly, the official DFID verdict was that 655,000 dead is "If anything, an underestimate".

The study they're referring to is this one.

It should also be pointed out that this news is mentioned in the International Herald Tribune.