Causes Of War-Related Violence In The United States

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Every country has their own problems: that is what their government is for. When a country officially asks for help is one thing, but it is a whole other subject when another country forcefully plows its way into a war with a terrorist sect on foreign soil. According to Neta Crawford from Watson Institute, we know that approximately 165,000 civilians have died from direct war related violence caused by the US through April 2015. The violent deaths of Iraqi civilians have occurred through aerial bombing, shelling, gunshots, and fires started by bombing. A recent study from Brown University over 26,000 civilian deaths due to war-related violence have been documented, 29,900 civilians have been wounded, Over 91,000 Afghans, including civilians

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