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
- ↑ Arabic: حرب العراق هي
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Karen Parker (2006). War Crimes Committed by the United States in Iraq and Mechanisms for Accountability (p. 20). [PDF]