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2023-09-12 16:42:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5BDF555772C2A455CC4F06A5A031BBD862A57148CD30D550EE07002D0D1D91FE
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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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