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2023-09-12 13:08:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 36BC5CABB5F1A0872827874B7B83CB16A92A07D7FBBC2F8CBCF71CADB893D405
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Original Note:
The highest estimates for casualties of US invasions following 9/11 are - Afghanistan: 311,000 (https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2015/War%20Related%20Casualties%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%202001-2014%20FIN.pdf) - Iraq: 655,000 (https://web.archive.org/web/20150907130701/http://brusselstribunal.org/pdf/lancet111006.pdf) With these number being only extrapolation with no confirmation. The number 4.5 million or anything close does not appear in any official estimates.
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