A. COSTOS ECONÓMICOS.
- $1.3 trillion in spending on two wars in the past decade has meant at home: a ballooning budget deficit and a soaring national debt at a time when the economy is still struggling to get back on its feet.
B. COSTOS HUMANOS.
- The deaths raised to 4,459 the number of American service members who have died in Iraq. 46,000 U.S. forces still in Iraq scheduled to depart by year's end.
- Only recently, it was 300 British forces personnel who had died inAfghanistan. Today, with the latest casualties, that figure is up to 374. Research has found that the rate at which British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan is almost four times that of their US counterparts, and double the rate which is officially classified as "major combat".
- Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have increased, according to the latest statistics from the United Nations creating the highest total since 2006 for civilian deaths - the continued annual rises has seen over 8,000 killed in the past four years.
- Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007, with recent deadly airstrikes exacerbating the problem and fuelling a public backlash. The report also condemns the Taliban’s use of “human shields” in violation of the laws of war
SOURCES:
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e486eb6
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/10/afghanistan-civilian-casualties-statistics
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/us/politics/22costs.html?_r=1
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/09/08/troops-contact-0#_Toc208224420
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/06/501364/main20069206.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/us/22list.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/sep/17/afghanistan-casualties-dead-wounded-british-data
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