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Real Dead Action: The U.S. Military and the Enemy -
1945-2009 |
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Data compiled by Pete Livingston,
Ph.D, Not the Enemy Media,
www.NotTheEnemy.com |
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and dates largely from William Blum book, "Rogue State"
supplemented by casulty data from numerous sources |
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6/16/2010 |
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| Table 1. |
This spreadsheet compiles U.S., "Enemy", and civilian
casualties related to US foreign policy.
This is more robustly updated than "Table 2", but both are
derived from nearly identical data sets… |
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casualties |
casualties |
web |
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Place |
Low |
High |
Links |
Reference |
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| 1945-1951 |
China |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 126-7 reports US funded war against Mao Tse-tung's
Communists, even though Mao had been a US ally in the fight against the
Japanese during WWII. |
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| 1947 |
France |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 127 reports US agency hired "Corsican gangs" to
terrorize and murder Communists who were running for election. |
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| 1946-1958 |
Marshall Islands |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 127-8, author reports how the US nuked the Marshall Islands,
contaminating the land and food eaten by the locals -- who were evacuated. |
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| 1947-1970s |
Italy |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 128 reports decades of CIA interference against alleged
Communists and Socialists who were running for elected office. |
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| 1947-1949 |
Greece |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 128 states US intervened in a Civil War, backing a fascist
regime that was "highly brutal" for 15 years |
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| 1945-1953 |
Philippines |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 128-9 notes that the US backed Phillipine military in
fighting the "leftist Huks," then interfered with elections and got
famed torturer Ferdinand Marcos into office. |
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| 1945-1953 |
Korea |
3,000,000 |
4,500,000 |
Znet
"Washington's Own Love Affair with Terror" |
Robin Miller, "Washington's
Own Love Affair with Terror," ZNet magazine:
http://www.zmag.org/millerterror.htm.
He reports that "3,000,000 civilians" killed comes from: Jon
Halliday and Bruce Cumings, Korea: The Unknown War, NY: Pantheon Books, 1988,
p. 200 (two million North Korean civilian deaths and one million South
Korean). See also http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/con_korea.cfm (2-3
million civilian deaths). Joel
Andreas, "Addicted to War" p 13 cites "4,500,00 died." |
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| 1949-1953 |
Albania |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State" (2000), Common Courage Press, p. 129 "Hundreds of emigres
lost their lives or were imprisoned" |
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| 1948-1956 |
Eastern Europe |
200 |
300 |
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Ibid., p. 129 "...at least
hundreds of deaths." 200 - 300
inserted as a modest quantification of "hundreds." |
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| 1950s |
Germany |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 129, Blum notest that CIA conducted "wide ranging
campaign of sabotage (and) terror" against the East Germans. |
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| 1953 |
Iran |
6,000 |
16,000 |
Rummel:
16,000 democides |
Reza Baraheni The Crowned
Cannibals (1977): 6,000 killed , Rummel: 16,000 democides:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm#Chile |
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| 1953-1990s |
Guatemala |
100,000 |
200,000 |
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Report from United Nations Truth
Commission. Number includes more than
600 masacres. Heard on KPFA Nov 13,
2002. Also, Jennifer Harbury (1995). "Bridge of Courage," Common
Courage Press, p. 21, "...200,000 unarmed civilians..." Mark Zepezauer, (1994) "The CIA's
Greatest Hits," Odonian Press, p. 13, "The CIA ... inaugurated a
series of bloodthirsty regimes that murdered more than 100,000 civilians over
the next 40 years." |
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| mid 1950s, 1970-1971 |
Costa Rica |
? |
? |
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William Blum, Rogue State, p.
131 reports repeated attempts to oust and assassinate President Jose
Figueres. |
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| 1956-1958 |
Middle East |
? |
? |
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William Blum, Rogue State, p.
132 reports attempts to overthrow Syrian government, to "overthrow or
assassinate Nasser of Egypt" and sending 14,000 troops into Lebanon. |
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| 1957-1986 |
Haiti |
3,000 |
60,000 |
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William Blum, Rogue State, p.
132. In 1959 "...US
military...smash an attempt to overthrow Duvalier." Between 1957 - 1986 "3,000 democides
(Rummel), 60,000 k 9 Dec 1998 London Guardian, 60,000 16 July 1986 L.A.
Times."
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat5.htm#Haiti |
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| 1950s-1960s |
Western Europe |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 132-3 reports that for 20 years the CIA ran massive
anti-Communist anti-Socialist propaganda campaigns, funding "political
parties, magazines, news agencies, and journalists..." |
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| 1953-1964 |
British Guiana / Guyana |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 133 reports US toppled multiple governments in this country. |
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| 1958-1963 |
Iraq |
3,400 |
3,700 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 134 "...thousands of communists were killed." Iraq
(1959-66)
Coups: Govt. vs. Shammar Tribe, et al., 1959: WHPSI: 2,300, Eckhardt: 1,000
civ. + 1,000 mil. = 2,000, Small & Singer: 2,000, 1963: 1,400 (WHPSI)
found at http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat7.htm#Iraq |
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| 1940s-1960s |
Soviet Union |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 134 notes that during this period the US sent "many
hundreds" of sabateurs into the Soviet Union. Also, that during the period the CIA
participated in an anti-Soviet book publishing effort that produced over
1,000 secretly sponsored books. |
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| 1945-1973 |
Vietnam |
3,800,000 |
3,800,000 |
McNamara Confesses |
Attorney General Robert McNamara
in May 1999 Commonwealth Club of SF speech + Govt of Vietnam. As this number
is "official" number of dead, it is posted as the "low"
and "high". Follow link,
then down to "McConfession".
Others, including Noam Chomsky, continue to report "only"
3,000,000 dead (http://www.chomsky.info/books/warfare01.htm). |
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Democracy Now! | Vietnamese Delegation in U.S. to Sue
Chemical Companies for Ongoing Effects of Agent Orange |
2007 June 22 report of
Vietnamese delegation and legal team is suing (U.S. companies) Dow, Monsanto,
et al for their roles in disabling 3 MILLION Vietnamese through their knowing
inclusion of dioxin in the herbacides they manufactured for the U.S. government. Report claims companies knew dioxin was
toxic, that they could have excluded it from their herbacides, but decided
not to in order to maximize their profits. |
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| 1960-1973 |
Vietnam |
58,159 |
58,159 |
US
Dead |
Americans killed in Vietnam
reference does not include an additional 2,000 who are missing, or 303,635
wounded… |
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| 1955-1973 |
Cambodia |
350,000 |
1,000,000 |
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Documentary, "The Trials of
Henry Kissenger," 2002, estimated Cambodian casualties @ 500,000. See 1962-1975 Laos. website:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm. Utne - July Aug 2006"Beating Bonbs
into Plowshares," estimates 350,000 dead. |
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| 1957-1973 |
Laos |
70,000 |
250,000 |
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Mark Zepezauer, (1994) "The
CIA's Greatest Hits," Odonian Press, p. 42, reports 2,000,000 tons of
bombs dropped on Laos by U.S. in "secret" war. Wallechinsky,
1959-75: 250,000 deaths and Rummel, 1954-75: War Dead: 32,000, Democide: 38,000
for a TOTAL: 70,000 at
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm |
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| 1965-1973 |
Thailand |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 136-7 reports that during this period the US used bases in
Thailand to bomb Vietnam. At the same
time, the US backed Thai police and the Thai dictator to put down resistance
to the US presence. |
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| 1960-1963 |
Ecuador |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 137 reports that US backed coup against President Jose Maria
Velasco following his refusal to back US policy on Cuba. |
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| 1960-1965, 1977-1978 |
The Congo / Zaire |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 137-8 reports CIA backed coup against duly elected President
Lumumba, who was assassinated, leading to the rise of Mobuto, a dictator who
terrorized his own people. In 1977-8,
President Jimmy Carter sent troops in to what had become Zaire to help Mubutu
put down a rebellion. |
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| 1960s |
France / Algeria |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 138 "...evidence indicates, the CIA was involved in an
aborted plot to assinate the French president." |
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| 1961-1964 |
Brazil |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 138-9. US backed
military coup that removed democratically elected President Goulart and
yielded 15 years of military dictatorship, including disappearances, death
squads, and torture. |
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| 1965 |
Peru |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 139 "...US military proceeded to wipe out several
guerrilla groups..." |
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| 1963-1965 |
Dominican Republic |
? |
3,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 139-40 states that US sent 23,000 troops into Domican
Republic in order to prevent the restoration of the democratically elected
president. Joel Andreas,
"Addicted to War" p. 33 reports that "3,000 people were gunned
down..." |
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| 1959-2003 |
Cuba |
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20,000 |
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"Fidel: The Untold
Story" by Estella Bravo. Source documentary on Cuba 2002 |
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| 1965 |
Indonesia |
500,000 |
2,000,000 |
Znet
"Washington's Own Love Affair with Terror" |
Robin Miller, "Washington's
Own Love Affair with Terror," ZNet magazine:
http://www.zmag.org/millerterror.htm.
He reports that the Indonesian govt admits killing 500,000 people, but
that the Australian Secret Service put the figure at 2,000,000. He writes: "Some general sources on
the slaughter: http://www.twf.org/News/Y1999/0915-Indonesia.html.
http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Indonesian_Killings.html. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,530478,00.html. |
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The
Wisdom Fund on Indonesia |
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DannyReviews.com |
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The Guardian: Our bloody coup in Indonesia |
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| 1966 |
Ghana |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 141 "...A CIA-backed coup sent" Kwame Nkrumah into
exile... |
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| 1969-1972 |
Uruguay |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 142 US trained Uruguans in torture and to set up death squads
to put down rebellion. |
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| 1964-1973-1990 |
Chile |
5,000 |
30,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 142-3 notes years of CIA anti-Salvador Allende efforts that
eventually included assassination, book burnings, torture, disappearances,
and death squads. US Govt and Grenville
est 5,000; Human Rights Groups, 30,000:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm#Chile |
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| 1967-1974 |
Greece |
? |
? |
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William
Blum, "Rogue State," pp. 143-4 notes a 1967 CIA backed coup yielded
the Greeks, censorship, torture, and murder. |
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| 1960s-1980s |
South Africa |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 144 notes the CIA weighed in on the side of racist South
African govt against the black majority.
Ploughshares 2000: 7,000 since 1990; Truth and Reconciliation
Commission Political violence: >12,000 (7/90-12/93) |
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| 1964-1975 |
Bolivia |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 144-5, notes CIA backed coup overthrew President Victor
Paz... |
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| 1972-1975 |
Australia |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 145, notes US & British pushed for dismissal of Prime
Minister Edward Gough Whitlam. |
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| 1972-1975 |
Iraq |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 145, notes US provided covert aid to Kurds, then cut them off
and allowed hundreds to be executed. |
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| 1974-1976 |
Portugal |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 146, US backed covert and overt aid to elected Portugese
officials persisted until US backed candidates prevailed. |
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| 1975-1999 |
East Timor |
200,000 |
200,000 |
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Matthew Jardine, "East
Timor: Genocide in Paradise," Common Courage Press, see:
William Blum, "Rogue State," pp. 146-7 reports Amnesty
International also reports 200,000 figure |
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| 1975-1980s |
Angola |
300,000 |
800,000 |
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Mark Zepezauer, (1994) "The
CIA's Greatest Hits," Odonian Press, pp. 54-55. William Blum, "Rogue State," p.
147 notes US, China & South Africa backed one faction while the other was
backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union, prolonging a war that cost "perhaps
half a million lives." Washington
Post 650,000 to 800,000:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat3.htm#Ang75 |
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| 1975-2005 |
Vietnam |
38,000 |
38,000 |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4622792 |
4/28/2005 "Hue: Imperial
City Turned Battleground" report by Michael Sullivan, NPR News, states
"Motar shells, land mines, and unexploded bombs are still taking lives,
decades later....an estimated 38,000 people killed since the war, another
100,000 wounded." (These figures do not include those poisoned and
killed by chemical warfare Agent Orange (dioxin) that was used to kill the
jungles of Vietnam.) |
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| 1976 |
Jamaica |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp 147-8 notes inteference in Jamaican elections |
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| 1980s |
Honduras |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p 148 notes US turned Honduras into a base from which other
military operations could be launched, while simultaneously controlling
Honduran politics. |
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| 1978-1990 |
Nicaragua |
30,000 |
50,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 148-9 notes US used "Contra" as mercenaries to
overthrow Sandanista government.
30,000 (Britannica), 50,000 (Chomsky)
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat4.htm#Nicaragua |
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| 1970s-1990s |
Philippines |
60,000 |
175,000 |
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1. B&J: 60,000, Ploughshares
2000: Mindinao: 100,000-150,000 since 1971 + vs. NPA: 25,000 since 1969 for a
TOTAL: 150,000 ± 25,000:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat4.htm#Philippines |
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| 1979-1981 |
Seychelles |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 149-150 reports US was behind a failed invasion by
mercenaries. |
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| 1979-1984 |
South Yemen |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p.150 reports that US sent North Yemen weapons and paramility
attack South Yemen. |
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| 1980 |
South Korea |
200 |
2,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp 150-1, reports US military joined Korean military in crushing
a student uprising that sought and end to phony elections and torture. He
notes reports of from "several hundred" to 2,000 deaths resulted and
refers to Covert Action Information Bulletin, Dec 1980 p.9-15. |
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| 1981-1982 |
Chad |
40,000 |
40,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 151-2 writes that US & France built up an Army of
supposed peacekeepers in Chad.
Instead, its leader Hissen Habre overthrew the government of Chad,
installed himself, and had his secret police murder "tens of
thousands" - with US support. 21
May 1992 Toronto Star, AP: 40,000 died in detention or executed, according to
a government commission. Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Chad (1997):
40,000, Dictionary of 20C World
History: 40,000:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat5.htm#Chad2
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| 1979-1983 |
Grenada |
68 |
250 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 152 reports that following a disinformation campaign, that US
invaded in October 1983 and overthrew government. TOTAL: 250 (B&J) or 102 (War Annual)
or 89 (Marley) or 68 (Rogozinski) reported at
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat7.htm#Grenada. Joel Andreas, "Addicted to War"
reports that 100 civilians were killed during the US invasion of Grenada. |
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| 1982-1984 |
Suriname |
0 |
0 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 152 reports a planned US covert invasion was cancelled
following its disclosure. |
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| 1982-1983 |
Lebanon |
241 |
241 |
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Joel Andreas, "Addicted to
War" p. 15 reports that 241 Marines were killed by a truck bomb
following US invasion of Lebanon to back the Israeli invasion. |
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| 1981-1989 |
Libya |
100 |
100 |
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William
Blum, "Rogue State," p. 153, reports assassination attempts,
sanctions, disinformation campaigns, aircraft shot down, and Qaddafi's home
bombed, "killing scores of people." |
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| 1984-1995 |
Turkey |
30,000 |
50,000 |
Robert
Fisk, "Turkey Targets Chomsky" |
PRESS RELEASE
Armenian National Committee of Eastern Massachusetts, Chomsky Addresses
Armenian Forum, Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Robert Fisk, "Turkey Targets
Chomsky," http://www.counterpunch.org/fiskchomsky.html. Fisks reports
"tens of thousands" of Turkish Kurds killed and 2 to 3 million made
refugees for 30,000.. Report, Dec 16, 1990, "Panama: "Operation
Just Cause" - The Human Cost of the US Invasion, by Physicians for Human
Rights.
www.phrusa.org/research/health_effects/humojc.html gives 50,000. |
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| 1987 |
Fiji |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p. 153-4 indicates that it appears that the US Govt provoked a
coup in order to end Fiji's anti-nuclear policy that prohibited
"visits" by US ships. |
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| 1989 |
Panama |
200 |
3,000 |
Physicians for Human Rights, "Panama: "Operation
Just Cause" |
Report, Dec 16, 1990,
"Panama: "Operation Just Cause" - The Human Cost of the US
Invasion, by Physicians for Human Rights reports 614.
www.phrusa.org/research/health_effects/humojc.html. US Govt said to report 200, NY Times
4/1/1990 673 and Joint delegation of CODEHUCA + CONADEHUP 2,000 - 3,000 at
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat7.htm#Panama |
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| 1979-1992 |
Afghanistan |
875,000 |
1,500,000 |
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at website:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm source USAID study at 875,000
and Britannica Annual (1994) at 1,500,000 |
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| 1980-1992 |
El Salvador |
70,000 |
80,000 |
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Britannica: 70,000, Dict.Wars:
80,000: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat4.htm. 9/3/2004 San Francisco
Chronicle "Ex-Salvadoran officer ruled liable in killing of archbishop
in 1980" puts deaths at 75,000.
"...San Francisco State University Professor Felix Kury, who is
Salvadoran, made reference to the estimated $6 billion in U.S. support for
the Salvadoran government during the war." |
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| 1987-1994 |
Haiti |
300 |
5,000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p 157-8, blum writes that U.S. interfered in Albania elections. |
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Hideous Dream: A Soldier's
memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti, by Stan Goff, reported on
www.DemocracyNow.org that U.S. organized FRAPH forces murdered "over
5,000" Haitians between 1991-1994. |
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| 1990-1991 |
Bulgaria |
? |
? |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p 157 notes that US Government interfered with 1990 elections
and after the Communist candidate won anyway, the US then pressured the
Bulgarians until their govt collapsed. |
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| 1991-1992 |
Albania |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp 157-8. |
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| 1993 |
Somalia |
500 |
1000 |
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William Blum, "Rogue
State," p.158 "500 to 1,000" Somalians killed" by the
U.S. -- in one battle + 18 Americans dead. |
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| 1990-2002 |
Iraq |
1,158,000 |
1,500,000 |
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Thomas Ginsberg, The
Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 5, 2003. Reports that 158,000 "Iraqi men,
women and children died during and shortly after the Persian Gulf
war." Joel Andreas,
"Addicted to War" p. 25 echos that figure and adds that "over
one million Iraqis" were killed by the devastation and sanctions. Attorney General Ramsey Clark in speech
given in Washington D.C. demonstration, October 26, 2002, estimated deaths at
1,500,000. |
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| 1991 |
Iraq |
0 |
500,000 |
Collier, "Iraq links cancers to uranium weapons" |
Robert Collier, "Iraq links
cancers to uranium weapons..." San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 13, 2003,
states that a 1991 Britain's Atomic Energy Authority study concluded that the
use of Depleted Uranium against Iraq by the U.S. and Britain "could
eventually" kill an additional 500,000 people by causing cancer. A U.N.
subcommittee designated DU as a "weapon of mass destruction."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/13/MN233872.DTL |
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| 1990s-present |
Peru |
? |
? |
|
William
Blum, "Rogue State," pp 160-1, author notes that U.S. has been
helping Peruvian government fight guerilla movement, while claiming to be
there helping to fight the war on drugs. |
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| 1990s-present |
Mexico |
? |
? |
|
William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 161-2 points out that U.S. has supplied weapons, training,
and support to Mexican military that engages in torture and masacres of the
Zapatistas. |
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| 1990s-present |
Colombia |
17,000 |
17,000 |
|
William Blum, "Rogue
State," pp. 161-4, reports U.S. supplying military aid to fight FARC, a
political movement. He reports that a
1994 "Amnesty International report estimated that more than 20,000 Colombians
had been killed between 1986-1994.
Claimed that "Washington Post (15, Jan 1996) 17,000 deaths,
1990-94 at http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat4.htm#Col. Totals apparently run much higher when
including the pre-U.S. ? years of the 1970s and 1980s. |
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| 1998-2008 |
Congo |
5,400,000 |
5,400,000 |
|
U.S. funding of militants in
Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to 5.4
million deaths "just" in the period 1998-2008 and continues today…
On death data: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7202384.stm. On why the war is being waged by the U.S.:
http://www.alternet.org/story/147217/the_u.s._war_addiction:_funding_enemies_to_maintain_trillion_dollar_racket?page=1 |
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| 1995-1999 |
Yugoslavia |
500 |
2,500 |
|
Michael Parenti (2000), "To
Kill A Nation," Verso, NY, pp. 122-123. 500 "low" is an
estimate from Human Rights Watch.
Belgrade is reported to have stated 500 military and 2,000 civilians
were killed. |
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| 2001-2009 |
Afghanistan |
3,100 |
49,600 |
Common
Dreams, 3,500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan |
Research study published
December 10 by Marc W. Herold, Professor of Economics, International
Relations, and Women's Studies at the University of New Hampshire.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/1210-01.htm and http://pubpages.unh.edu/%7Emwherold/. Claimed that "Time" Oct 14, 2002
reports 5,000 Taliban and Al Qaeda killed. While (London) Guardian is claimed
to have reported 49,600 "war-related avoidable deaths" cited at
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/wars21c.htm#USTerror. |
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|
| 2001 |
Afghanistan |
300 |
2,000 |
Obama: No grounds to investigate war crimes |
AP report reports "hundreds
and perhaps thousands" murdered by US backed and CIA paid forces that
suffocated and/or shot 2,000 Taliban.
The men had surrendered and were locked in storage containers, then killed. |
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http://icasualties.org/ |
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|
| 2001-2010 |
Afghanistan |
1,836 |
1,836 |
Coalition
Dead |
US "coalition" forces
killed |
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Mar Herold,
"A Dossier on Civilian Victims of US Aerial Bombing of Afghanistan |
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| 2004-2005 |
Haiti |
100 |
2,000 |
|
3/2/2004 Oakland Tribune,
"Rebel says he's new Haiti military chief, by Paisely Doods and Ian
James. 800 figure estimate provided by
journalist Kevin Pina on KPFA 94.7fm, 3/3/2004, but as of April 26, 2004 I had
heard reports of 1,000 to 2,000 and "thousands". Apparently, the government is now dumping
unidentified bodies into mass graves.
This follows the refusal of many locals to try and identify the dead
for fear of further retribution. |
|
| 2006 |
Pakistan |
18 |
18 |
missile strike |
LA Times article reports
"U.S. air strike" on Pakistan and killing of "at least
18".
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/14/MNGA5GNG0K1.DTL&type=printable |
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| 2003-2009 |
Iraq |
96,739 |
|
www.IraqBodyCount.net |
Reporting
civilian casualties, IraqBodyCount.net (low) and SF Chronicle reporting on
10/30/2004 Lancet article, "Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion
of Iraq: cluster sample survey".
If the Lancet article is accurate @ 100,000 as of 2004, then total is
probably now (9/2006) more than 150,000 |
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SFGate 100,000 Iraqis killed |
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Study: 655,000 Iraqis Die Because of War |
10/11/06 AP reports a study done
through John Hopinks School of Public Health and reported by The Lancet.US
casualties in Iraq and other coalition casualties, see cnn.com data. |
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650,000
Dead Iraqis - Study on Iraq Civilian Casualties to Present Findings to
Congress |
Congressman Kucinish (D-OH),
Congressman Paul (R-TX), Gilbert Burnham, Ph.D (co-director of the Cneter for
Refugee and Disaster Response at Johns Hopkins, co-author of the Lancet
Study), Les Roberts, Ph.D. (lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia
University, co-author of Lancet Study, et al. Reported also at www.democracynow.org Dec
15, 2006. |
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Death Count Higher than Ever |
Link to SFC, the BBC,
"thinkprogress.org" and CNN video interview of Bush re 655,000 dead
Iraqis. |
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1,300,000 |
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/50968 |
Authors, CHRIS HEDGES &
LAILA AL-ARIAN, of "Collateral Damage: America's war against Iraqi
civilians" report that Lancet research indicates that between 1.2 and
1.3 million Iraqis have been killed as a result of the U.S. invasion… "
MP3 of their interview at link to left. Book available here: |
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http://www.amazon.com/Collateral-Damage-Americas-Against-Civilians/dp/1568583737 |
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4,390 |
4,708 |
http://icasualties.org/ |
Provides comprehensive detail on
"coalition" deaths.
"Low" = US military killed.
"High" = total "coalition" killed |
|
| 2005-2009 |
Iraq |
|
87,215 Dead Iraqis |
Since 2005, Iraqi govt reports
via AP that 87,215 civilians killed |
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| 2009 |
Iraq |
|
www.wikileaks.com |
Video "Collateral
Murder" of 12+ people, including two Reuters reporters and 2 children
being machine gunned from a U.S. helicopter |
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|
| 2007 |
Somalia |
31 |
31 |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/08/world/main2335451.shtml |
U.S. airstrikes fail to kill any
al-Qaeda "suspects" but dop kill 31 civilians. |
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| 2001-2009 |
The World |
? |
? |
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15danner.html?_r=2&emc=eta1 |
Casualties of U.S. torture
? NY Times details methods of torture. |
|
| 2001-2009 |
The World |
? |
? |
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/03/11-10 |
March
11, 2009, article from the MinnPost.com that was picked up by
CommonDreams.org states that reporter Seymour Hersh disclosed that a special
"executive assassination ring" has been murdering people all over
the world and reporting only to the White House and more specifically to Vice
President Dick Cheney... |
|
| 2006-2009 |
Pakistan |
687 |
687 |
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/14/peace_activists_arrested_after_protesting_us |
April 14, 2009, Amy Goodman
reports estimate of 687 total killed by US drone aircraft in Pakistan. Widespread reporting of recent killings,
but little coverage of cummulative killings between 2006-2009 |
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