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]
Death toll
At least 480,000 people died directly from 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.[3] According to the Red Cross, 43,000 Iraqis were detained, more than 70% of whom were innocent.[4]
Cost
The Iraq War cost US taxpayers an average of $8,000 per person or over $2 trillion total.[3]
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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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]