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Statistics

  • In 2017, the US and allied strikes in Iraq and Syria have killed as many as 6,000 civilians. This represents an increase of more than 200 percent over the previous year. Source: Airwars, cited in The Washington Post.

  • Since 2014, as many as 9,315 civilians have died in US-led coalition strikes, with death tolls spiking sharply in 2017. Source: Airwars, cited in above article.

  • Since 2004, the US military has launched a minimum of 4,926 confirmed drone strikes, killing as many as 1555 civilians and 345 children. Source: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

  • The US military is officially fighting wars in seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Niger. Source: The White House's latest war report, cited in Defense One.

  • The US military is actively supporting Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen, which has produced what UN officials call the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Source: UN.

Articles about Afghainstan, Iraq, and Syria

  • Vox article on the Trump Administration’s significant escalation of airstrikes in Afghanistan
  • Foreign Policy article on the Trump Administration’s dramatically increased bombing of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria
  • Los Angeles Times article on the sharp rise in civilian deaths in Afghanistan

    “The United Nations mission in Afghanistan documented 205 civilian deaths and 261 injuries from airstrikes in the first nine months [in 2017], a 52% increase in casualties compared with the same period in 2016.”

Articles about Yemen

Articles about "signature strikes"

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