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| 1970 | | 1970 | ||
| Cambodia | | Cambodia | ||
− | | 150000<ref>http://www.flagrancy.net/entry-but_we_were_so_totally_not_in_cambo-1686.html</ref> | + | | 150000<ref>[http://www.flagrancy.net/entry-but_we_were_so_totally_not_in_cambo-1686.html Flagrancy to Reason]</ref> |
| Carpet bombing | | Carpet bombing | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1970 | | 1970 | ||
| Vietnam | | Vietnam | ||
− | | 10000<ref>http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP6.HTM</ref> | + | | 10000<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP6.HTM Statistics of Democide, Chapter 6, Statistics Of Vietnamese Democide: Estimates, Calculations, And Sources, By R.J. Rummel]</ref> |
| Chemical weapons, Operation Ranch Hand | | Chemical weapons, Operation Ranch Hand | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1980 | | 1980 | ||
| Libya | | Libya | ||
− | | 15<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya</ref> | + | | 15<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya Bombing of Libya-Wikipedia]</ref> |
| Bombing | | Bombing | ||
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| 1989 | | 1989 | ||
| Panama | | Panama | ||
− | | 200<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama</ref> | + | | 200<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama US invasion of Panama-Wikipedia]</ref> |
| Bombing, Operation Just Cause | | Bombing, Operation Just Cause | ||
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| 2009 | | 2009 | ||
− | | Pakistan<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_attacks_in_Pakistan_by_the_United_States</ref> | + | | Pakistan<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_attacks_in_Pakistan_by_the_United_States Drone attacks in Pakistan by the US-Wikipedia]</ref> |
− | | 400<ref>http://www.welt.de/international/article3989333/Facts-on-U-S-drone-attacks-in-Pakistan.html</ref> | + | | 400<ref>[http://www.welt.de/international/article3989333/Facts-on-U-S-drone-attacks-in-Pakistan.html Facts on US drone attacks in Pakistan-De Welt]</ref> |
| Bombing | | Bombing | ||
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+ | == See also == | ||
+ | *[[United States of America]] | ||
+ | *[[Guatemalan coup d'état of 1954]] | ||
+ | *[[Cold War covert overthrow of governments by the US]] | ||
+ | *[[post-Cold War covert regime change by the US]] | ||
+ | *[[US military operations in the 20th and 21st centuries]] | ||
+ | *[[private military corporations]] | ||
+ | *[[Iranian coup d'état of 1953]] | ||
+ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
− | + | {{reflist|2}} | |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstats.htm Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls] | *[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstats.htm Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls] | ||
*[http://nottheenemy.com/Real-Dead/real-dead.html What People Are Saying - Not the Enemy] | *[http://nottheenemy.com/Real-Dead/real-dead.html What People Are Saying - Not the Enemy] | ||
− | + | *[http://nottheenemy.com/index_files/Death%20Counts/Death%20Counts.htm Data from William Blum book, "Rogue State" supplemented by casulty data from various sources] | |
*[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP13.HTM Statistics of American Genocide and Mass Murder - R. J. Rummel] | *[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP13.HTM Statistics of American Genocide and Mass Murder - R. J. Rummel] | ||
*[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html U.S. Interventions - 1945 to the Present William Blum] | *[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html U.S. Interventions - 1945 to the Present William Blum] |
Revision as of 04:50, 22 September 2009
Defining Interventions
War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war"; including but not limited to "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity".
Year (started) | Country | Estimated Casualties | Notes |
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1945 | Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan | 70000? | Nuclear Attack |
1952 | Korea | 2000000? | Napalm |
1964 | Laos | 70000 | Napalm |
1967 | Guatemala | Napalm | |
1970 | Cambodia | 150000[1] | Carpet bombing |
1970 | Vietnam | 10000[2] | Chemical weapons, Operation Ranch Hand |
1980 | Libya | 15[3] | Bombing |
1983 | Grenada | 23 | Ground invasion, Operation Urgent Fury |
1989 | Panama | 200[4] | Bombing, Operation Just Cause |
1990 | Iraq | 20000? | Bombing |
1998 | Sudan | 15 | Cruise missile bombing |
1998 | Afghanistan | 34 | Cruise missile bombing |
1999 | Yugoslavia | 489 | NATO bombing with Depleted Uranium |
2001 | Afghanistan | 10960 | Bombing |
2003 | Iraq | 1000000 | Bombing |
2009 | Pakistan[5] | 400[6] | Bombing |
See also
- United States of America
- Guatemalan coup d'état of 1954
- Cold War covert overthrow of governments by the US
- post-Cold War covert regime change by the US
- US military operations in the 20th and 21st centuries
- private military corporations
- Iranian coup d'état of 1953
References
- ↑ Flagrancy to Reason
- ↑ Statistics of Democide, Chapter 6, Statistics Of Vietnamese Democide: Estimates, Calculations, And Sources, By R.J. Rummel
- ↑ Bombing of Libya-Wikipedia
- ↑ US invasion of Panama-Wikipedia
- ↑ Drone attacks in Pakistan by the US-Wikipedia
- ↑ Facts on US drone attacks in Pakistan-De Welt
External links
- Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls
- What People Are Saying - Not the Enemy
- Data from William Blum book, "Rogue State" supplemented by casulty data from various sources
- Statistics of American Genocide and Mass Murder - R. J. Rummel
- U.S. Interventions - 1945 to the Present William Blum
- Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Covert U.S. regime change actions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- History of U.S. Military Interventions since 1890 by Zoltan Grossman