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You need to see the cost of wars and to think of these death numbers. Was there any gain for you?!
– Before 9/11, over 182,000 civilians have died from direct war 3/20/2003 Afghan war started on 10/7/2001
– As of June 29, 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Defense casualty website, there were 4,424 total deaths (including both killed in action and non-hostile) and 31,952 wounded in action (WIA) as a result of the Iraq War.
– It also notes that the death toll is only direct deaths — not indirect deaths, such as “loss of access to food, water, health facilities, electricity or other infrastructure.” Here’s what they found:
- – 6,951 U.S. military deaths
- Iraq: 4,550 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 2,401 deaths.
Pakistan: 0 deaths.
There were also 21 civilian DoD deaths, including six in Afghanistan and 15 in Iraq, the Cost of War report notes:
- 7,820 U.S. contractor deaths.
- Iraq: 3,793 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 3,937 deaths.
- Pakistan: 90 deaths.
– 109,154 national military and police deaths:
- Iraq: 41,726 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 58,596 deaths.
- Pakistan: 8,832 deaths.
– 1,464 Allied troop deaths:
- Iraq: 323 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 1,141 deaths.
- Pakistan: 0 deaths.
– 244,124 — 266,427 civilian deaths:
- Iraq: 182,272 — 204,575 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 38,480 deaths.
- Pakistan: 23,372 deaths
– 109,396 — 114,471 opposition fighter deaths:
- Iraq: 34,806 — 39,881 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 42,100 deaths.
- Pakistan: 32,490 deaths.
– 362 journalists and media worker deaths
- Iraq: 245 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 54 deaths.
- Pakistan: 63 deaths
– 566 humanitarian and NGO worker deaths:
- Iraq: 62 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 409 deaths.
- Pakistan: 95 deaths
– 479,858 — 507,236 total deaths
- Iraq: 267,792 — 295,170 deaths.
- Afghanistan: 147,124 deaths.
- Pakistan: 64,942 deaths.
Read the full report here.
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