The study also noted that the majority of deaths resulted from violence, and that a high proportion of the violent deaths were due to US aerial bombing. The epidemiologists acknowledged the uncertainties of these estimates, but presented enough data to warrant an urgent follow-up investigation and reconsideration by the Bush administration and the US military of aerial bombing of Iraq’s urban areas.
该研究还指出，由暴力冲突导致的死亡占了多数，其中绝大部分是由于美军的空袭。流行病学家承认这一结果还有待考证，但同时也拿出了足够的数据来证明有必要立即进行进一步调查，并希望布什政府和美军能慎重考虑在平民区空袭的作战方案。