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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 [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|its vassal states]]. 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> | 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 [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|its vassal states]]. 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> The US called their invasion 'Operation Iraqi Freedom,' at one time using the term 'Operation Iraqi Liberation' (which ironically spells OIL).<ref>https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030324-4.html</ref> | ||
== Death toll == | == Death toll == | ||
At least 480,000 people died directly from 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 | At least 480,000 people died directly from 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> | and Mechanisms for Accountability|page=20|pdf=https://consumersforpeace.org/pdf/war_crimes_iraq_101006.pdf}}</ref> | ||
Unmentioned major long-term effects of the US invasion of Iraq are cancer and birth defects due to the US firing depleted uranium. Iraqi government figures show the following pattern regarding the rate of cancer cases: 40 people out of 100k prior to the First Gulf War (1991); 800 out of 100k (1995); >1,600 out of 100k (2005).<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Dahr Jamail|newspaper=Aljazeera|title=Iraq: War’s legacy of cancer|date=2013-3-15|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2013/3/15/iraq-wars-legacy-of-cancer}}</ref> Dr. Samira Alani, a pediatric specialist in Iraq, noted that childhood cancer rates in Al-Fallujah sat at around fourteen percent but were difficult to determine and were likely underreported:<blockquote>We have no system to register all of them, so we have so many cases we are missing... I think I only know of 40-50 percent of the cases because so many families have their babies at home and we never know of these, and other clinics are not registering them either.<ref name=":1" /></blockquote> | |||
== Cost == | == Cost == | ||
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The Iraq War[a] was a war against Iraq by the United States and its vassal states. The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 after falsely claiming that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.[1] The US called their invasion 'Operation Iraqi Freedom,' at one time using the term 'Operation Iraqi Liberation' (which ironically spells OIL).[2]
Death toll
At least 480,000 people died directly from 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.[4] According to the Red Cross, 43,000 Iraqis were detained, more than 70% of whom were innocent.[5]
Unmentioned major long-term effects of the US invasion of Iraq are cancer and birth defects due to the US firing depleted uranium. Iraqi government figures show the following pattern regarding the rate of cancer cases: 40 people out of 100k prior to the First Gulf War (1991); 800 out of 100k (1995); >1,600 out of 100k (2005).[6] Dr. Samira Alani, a pediatric specialist in Iraq, noted that childhood cancer rates in Al-Fallujah sat at around fourteen percent but were difficult to determine and were likely underreported:
We have no system to register all of them, so we have so many cases we are missing... I think I only know of 40-50 percent of the cases because so many families have their babies at home and we never know of these, and other clinics are not registering them either.[6]
Cost
The Iraq War cost US taxpayers an average of $8,000 per person or over $2 trillion total.[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.
- ↑ https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030324-4.html
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ Karen Parker (2006). War Crimes Committed by the United States in Iraq and Mechanisms for Accountability (p. 20). [PDF]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dahr Jamail (2013-3-15). "Iraq: War’s legacy of cancer" Aljazeera.