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Sunday, December 1st, 2019

US Wars Have Killed Over 800,000 People Since 2001

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Publication Date:     28 November 19
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Stephan:   In the endless war that has never touched our shores and, thus, is not quite real, we have killed over 800,000 men, women, and children. It has been enormously profitable for the corporations who make the weapons, the aircraft, the ships, the bases -- money by the bucket. Few Americans know this, and even fewer care but, I think, history is going to condemn us in the strongest terms as a killer nation.

American Army troops in Iraq Credit: Reuters/Andrew Burton

A recent study conducted by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University revealed the consequences of all wars promoted by the United States in the Middle East and Asia since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2011.

The author of the study, Neta Crawford, a professor at Boston University, said the alleged intention of the wars after the attack on the Twin Towers was “to defend the United States against future terrorist threats from Al-Qaeda and organizations affiliates”, so, since 2001, wars have expanded to more than 80 countries.

According to the figures in the report, the conflicts waged by the U.S. caused more than 800,000 deaths, including 335,000 civilians, and caused the displacement of some 21 million people due to the violence unleashed.

Two reports released by the Costs of War project, based at Brown University, provide a comprehensive estimate of the financial and human cost of America’s post-9/11 wars.

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    Noam Chomsky (one of the best and most well known philosophers in the world) has said that the USA is the most dangerous country in the world. This is just more factual information that proves his claim.