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As a soldier who has been in Iraq and spoken with the people on a daily basis, I can tell you unequivocally that the Iraqis are well-known for exagerating EVERYTHING they say. We constantly got reports about “a hundred” insurgents living at a particular location only to find out that the place couldn’t accomodate 50 people if it wanted to!

A cache of “tons” of weapons would turn up maybe 10 AK’s and an RPG at most. “6 foot tall” men ended up being no more than 5’5″ at best. It’s not illogical to suggest that 600,000 is really about 60,000 but I’m no mathematician; I’m just a soldier.