in baltimore, maryland dozens of silent protesters held sign and stood behind a row of boots and other footwear which symbolized "the loss of life, among maryland troops and iraqi civilians, during the war in iraq". sponsored by the american friends service committee, a quaker social justice and peace organization, and the baltimore area coalition for truth in recruiting they tried to add a visual representation of the loss of life. in december 2007, president bush put the iraq war death toll among iraqi citizens at about 30,000. most estimates are much higher, for example, in january 2008 the iraqi health minister, dr salih al-hasnawi, reported the results of the "iraq family health survey" – carried out for the world health organization – that estimated 151,000 violence-related iraqi deaths from march 2003 through june 2006. the results were published in the new england journal of medicine.