https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla By: Lucia Alanis en-us 2019-04-29 14:57:10 UTC 2019-04-29 15:40:46 UTC hello@padlet.com alanisl https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355050488 - War on terrorism, term used to describe the American-led global counterterrorism campaign launched in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Estimates of the number of Iraqi civilians killed during the period of maximum violence—roughly 2004 to 2007—vary widely but generally exceed 200,000. U.S.
-The war on terrorism was a multidimensional campaign of almost limitless scope.
- Its military dimension involved major wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, covert operations in Yemen and elsewhere, large-scale military-assistance programs for cooperative regimes, and major increases in military spending.]]> 2019-04-29 15:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355050488 alanisl https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355055466 - Iraq War, also called Second Persian Gulf War, (2003–11), conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first of these was a brief, conventionally fought war in March–April 2003, in which a combined force of troops from the United States and invaded Iraq and rapidly defeated Iraqi military and paramilitary forces.
- Bush declared an end to diplomacy and issued an ultimatum to Ṣaddām, giving the Iraqi president 48 hours to leave Iraq. The leaders of France, Germany, Russia, and other countries objected to this buildup toward war.]]> 2019-04-29 15:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355055466 alanisl https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355057578 - Between 480,000-507,000 people were killed in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq in the wake of 9/11 attacks, study says.
- Hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan have been killed due to the so-called "war on terror" launched by the United States in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attack, according to a new study.
-death toll between 480,000 and 507,000.
-The toll includes civilians, armed fighters, local police and security forces, as well as US and allied troops.
- The report states that between 182,272 and 204,575 civilians have been killed in Iraq; 38,480 in Afghanistan; and 23,372 in Pakistan. Nearly 7,000 US troops were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in the same period.
-Brown University said the new toll "is a more than 110,000 increase over the last count, issued just two years ago in August 2016".
-the US war in Afghanistan, which has been the country's longest military invasion for 17 years]]> 2019-04-29 15:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alanisl/ccb5c9ohozla/wish/355057578