Iraq War

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The Iraq War[a] was a war against Iraq by the United States and its allies.

Cost

The Iraq War cost US taxpayers an average of $8,000 per person or over $2 trillion total.[1]

Death toll

At least 480,000 people died directly violent causes during the war, including 244,000 civilians.[2] If deaths from disease, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure are also included, the death toll is around 2.4 million.[1]

Notes

  1. Arabic: حرب العراق هي

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. 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.