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The '''Iraq War'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Arabic: حرب العراق هي</ref> was a war against [[Iraq]] by the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies.
The '''Iraq War'''<ref group="lower-alpha">Arabic: حرب العراق هي</ref> was a war against [[Iraq]] by the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies. The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 after falsely claiming that Iraqi president [[Saddam Hussein]] had weapons of mass destruction.<ref>{{News citation|author=Bob Garfield|newspaper=On the Media|title=The Truth and Lies Behind the Iraq War|date=2018-07-13|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/who-was-reporting-truth-why-we-went-war-iraq|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111180607/https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/who-was-reporting-truth-why-we-went-war-iraq|archive-date=2020-11-11|retrieved=2022-06-02}}</ref>


== Cost ==
== Cost ==
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== Death toll ==
== Death toll ==
At least 480,000 people died directly violent causes during the war, including 244,000 civilians.<ref>{{News citation|author=Murtaza Hussain|newspaper=The Intercept|title=It's Time for America to Reckon with the Staggering Death Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars|date=2018-11-19|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-war-on-terror/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507031915/https://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-war-on-terror/|archive-date=2022-05-07|retrieved=2022-06-02}}</ref> If deaths from disease, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure are also included, the death toll is around 2.4 million.<ref name=":0" />
At least 480,000 people died directly violent causes during the war, including 244,000 civilians.<ref>{{News citation|author=Murtaza Hussain|newspaper=The Intercept|title=It's Time for America to Reckon with the Staggering Death Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars|date=2018-11-19|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-war-on-terror/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507031915/https://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-war-on-terror/|archive-date=2022-05-07|retrieved=2022-06-02}}</ref> If deaths from disease, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure are also included, the death toll is around 2.4 million.<ref name=":0" /> According to the [[Red Cross]], 43,000 Iraqis were detained, more than 70% of whom were innocent.<ref>{{Citation|author=Karen Parker|year=2006|title=War Crimes Committed by the United States in Iraq
and Mechanisms for Accountability|page=20|pdf=https://consumersforpeace.org/pdf/war_crimes_iraq_101006.pdf}}</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 23:02, 2 June 2022

The Iraq War[a] was a war against Iraq by the United States and its allies. The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 after falsely claiming that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.[1]

Cost

The Iraq War cost US taxpayers an average of $8,000 per person or over $2 trillion total.[2]

Death toll

At least 480,000 people died directly violent causes during the war, including 244,000 civilians.[3] If deaths from disease, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure are also included, the death toll is around 2.4 million.[2] According to the Red Cross, 43,000 Iraqis were detained, more than 70% of whom were innocent.[4]

Notes

  1. Arabic: حرب العراق هي

References

  1. Bob Garfield (2018-07-13). "The Truth and Lies Behind the Iraq War" On the Media. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eric Zuesse (2020-05-17). "Why U.S. Must Be Prosecuted For Its War Crimes Against Iraq" Scoop. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  3. Murtaza Hussain (2018-11-19). "It's Time for America to Reckon with the Staggering Death Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars" The Intercept. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  4. Karen Parker (2006). War Crimes Committed by the United States in Iraq and Mechanisms for Accountability (p. 20). [PDF]