The claim that 500,000 Iraqi children were killed is a HOAX. In fact, about 9000 were killed OR injured. And the US did not go into Iraq to take the oil. The US does not even need the oil. If you post stuff like this, what else are you posting that we cannot trust?
As I warned at the beginning of the post, Ronald is wrong about some things, but in general he's right. You are right about the amount of children, but wrong about the oil:
Children Killed in the Iraq War
The true toll of children killed in the Iraq War is deeply contested and varies depending on the time period and counting methodology used.
UNICEF figures (verified cases only):
Over 9,000 children were killed or maimed in Iraq between 2008 and the end of 2022 — specifically 3,119 killed and 5,938 maimed. This works out to more than one child killed every other day and one child maimed daily. As these are only verified cases, the true toll is likely far higher. UNICEF
Since 2014, at least 1,075 children were confirmed killed and 1,130 more were injured, with over 4,650 children separated or unaccompanied by their families, 138 attacks on schools, and 58 attacks on hospitals. UNICEF
The Iraqiyun humanitarian organization estimated 128,000 deaths from the invasion through July 2005, with 55% of those killed being women and children. Wikipedia Independent groups like Iraq Body Count have tracked civilian deaths since 2003, and broader studies put total excess deaths in the hundreds of thousands.
Over 519 children were killed or injured in Iraq from explosive ordnance alone between 2017 and 2022, according to UNICEF. Iraq is one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world. ICRC
The financial benefits flowed primarily to U.S. corporations — especially defense contractors and oil companies — rather than to the U.S. government or taxpayers directly. In fact, the war cost the U.S. government trillions. Here's how private American interests profited:
1. Defense & Reconstruction Contracts
According to a Financial Times analysis, the U.S. spent at least $138 billion on contracts, with the top 10 contractors securing at least $72 billion between them. Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), a former Halliburton subsidiary, received an estimated $39.5 billion in federal contracts related to the Iraq war. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
More than 70 American companies and individuals — many of them donors to George W. Bush's presidential campaigns — won up to $8 billion in contracts for postwar work in Iraq and Afghanistan. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Dick Cheney served as Halliburton's CEO from 1995 to 2000 and continued to receive as much as $1 million a year in deferred compensation while, as Vice President, Halliburton executives had a seat at the table during administration discussions over post-war oil production in Iraq. KBR received a no-bid, open-ended "cost-plus" contract (meaning guaranteed costs plus guaranteed profit) to extinguish Iraqi oil well fires. Corpwatch
The congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting estimated that waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan totaled between $31 billion and $60 billion as of 2011. Private security contractors also profited, guarding U.S. facilities and Iraqi oil pipelines. Jacobin
Before the 2003 invasion, U.S. and British oil companies were shut out of contracts being negotiated by Saddam Hussein's government. After the invasion, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with Iraq. Several other major oil firms followed. The Bush administration's Cheney Energy Task Force had reviewed documents titled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts" — listing more than 60 companies from 30 countries — as early as January 2001, days into Bush's first term. Antonia Juhasz
Before the invasion, Iraqi oil production was controlled by the Iraqi government and was off-limits to Western companies. As of 2014, foreign-owned private firms dominate Iraqi oil production. Wikipedia
In summary: The U.S. government itself spent far more than it gained — the Costs of War project at Brown University put total expenditures at around $8 trillion. But a relatively small group of American corporations — primarily in defense, reconstruction, private security, and oil — made enormous profits, often through no-bid or cost-plus contracts with little accountability.
Reasonable answer; thank you for taking the time to write it!
I will need to point out a couple of things, however.
Saying so and so many children were killed and injured doesn't tell the full story. There were a lot of IEDs in the country, but the US didn't place those. They were placed by enemies. I even knew a man who had suffered severe brain damage when his Humvee was subjected to an IED. He was healed through 70 hyperbaric oxygen treatments and some surgery. To imply all the blame lies with the US simply isn't accurate. Same with the overall death count. I also have reason to believe that there were a lot of bogus death certificates produced. Alex Jones fell for that one. Remember taqqiya. Moreover, plenty of Iraqis were killed by enemies and not us in general. America tends to do its utmost to spare civilians, even if it means increased danger to our troops. Sometimes it cannot be avoided, and a favorite tactic terrorists use os using civilians as human shields, which is a despicable practice.
To say that American corporations, including oil companies, profited from the action in Iraq does not say that this is WHY WE WENT IN. We didn't go in for the oil. We had access to buy oil from many other places. Of course we would put out oil well fires. Why wouldn't we? Yes, American corporations profit from war, but it is critical to make a distinction between that as incidental, and the reason we went into Iraq. Most people apparently don't know it, but Saddam was in collusion with the 9-11 terrorists; they were trained at Salman Pak with his approval and full cooperation, even though their countries of origin were different.
Finally, Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source. Nor do I trust UNICEF. I can't comment on your other sources.
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The claim that 500,000 Iraqi children were killed is a HOAX. In fact, about 9000 were killed OR injured. And the US did not go into Iraq to take the oil. The US does not even need the oil. If you post stuff like this, what else are you posting that we cannot trust?
As I warned at the beginning of the post, Ronald is wrong about some things, but in general he's right. You are right about the amount of children, but wrong about the oil:
Children Killed in the Iraq War
The true toll of children killed in the Iraq War is deeply contested and varies depending on the time period and counting methodology used.
UNICEF figures (verified cases only):
Over 9,000 children were killed or maimed in Iraq between 2008 and the end of 2022 — specifically 3,119 killed and 5,938 maimed. This works out to more than one child killed every other day and one child maimed daily. As these are only verified cases, the true toll is likely far higher. UNICEF
Source: https://www.unicef.org/iraq/press-releases/more-9000-children-have-been-killed-or-maimed-%E2%80%AFiraq-2008
From the 2014 ISIS conflict onward:
Since 2014, at least 1,075 children were confirmed killed and 1,130 more were injured, with over 4,650 children separated or unaccompanied by their families, 138 attacks on schools, and 58 attacks on hospitals. UNICEF
Source: https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/nowhere-go-children-iraq-trapped-cycles-violence-and-poverty-conflict-reaches
Broader civilian toll (including children):
The Iraqiyun humanitarian organization estimated 128,000 deaths from the invasion through July 2005, with 55% of those killed being women and children. Wikipedia Independent groups like Iraq Body Count have tracked civilian deaths since 2003, and broader studies put total excess deaths in the hundreds of thousands.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War
Ongoing dangers from explosive remnants:
Over 519 children were killed or injured in Iraq from explosive ordnance alone between 2017 and 2022, according to UNICEF. Iraq is one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world. ICRC
Source: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/children-and-war-impact-weapon-contamination-iraq
How the USA Profited from the Iraq War
The financial benefits flowed primarily to U.S. corporations — especially defense contractors and oil companies — rather than to the U.S. government or taxpayers directly. In fact, the war cost the U.S. government trillions. Here's how private American interests profited:
1. Defense & Reconstruction Contracts
According to a Financial Times analysis, the U.S. spent at least $138 billion on contracts, with the top 10 contractors securing at least $72 billion between them. Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), a former Halliburton subsidiary, received an estimated $39.5 billion in federal contracts related to the Iraq war. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Source: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/iraq-20-years-on-from-us-invasion-the-companies-that-profited-incl-co-responses/
More than 70 American companies and individuals — many of them donors to George W. Bush's presidential campaigns — won up to $8 billion in contracts for postwar work in Iraq and Afghanistan. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Source: https://www.icij.org/investigations/windfalls-war/us-contractors-reap-windfalls-post-war-reconstruction-0/
2. Halliburton & the Cheney Connection
Dick Cheney served as Halliburton's CEO from 1995 to 2000 and continued to receive as much as $1 million a year in deferred compensation while, as Vice President, Halliburton executives had a seat at the table during administration discussions over post-war oil production in Iraq. KBR received a no-bid, open-ended "cost-plus" contract (meaning guaranteed costs plus guaranteed profit) to extinguish Iraqi oil well fires. Corpwatch
Source: https://www.corpwatch.org/article/cheney-halliburton-and-spoils-war
3. Waste, Fraud & Profiteering
The congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting estimated that waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan totaled between $31 billion and $60 billion as of 2011. Private security contractors also profited, guarding U.S. facilities and Iraqi oil pipelines. Jacobin
Source: https://jacobin.com/2021/09/united-states-war-iraq-afghanistan-profiteering-defense-contractors
4. Oil — The Big Prize
Before the 2003 invasion, U.S. and British oil companies were shut out of contracts being negotiated by Saddam Hussein's government. After the invasion, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with Iraq. Several other major oil firms followed. The Bush administration's Cheney Energy Task Force had reviewed documents titled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts" — listing more than 60 companies from 30 countries — as early as January 2001, days into Bush's first term. Antonia Juhasz
Before the invasion, Iraqi oil production was controlled by the Iraqi government and was off-limits to Western companies. As of 2014, foreign-owned private firms dominate Iraqi oil production. Wikipedia
Source: https://antoniajuhasz.net/article/did-big-oil-win-the-iraq-war/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_profiteering
In summary: The U.S. government itself spent far more than it gained — the Costs of War project at Brown University put total expenditures at around $8 trillion. But a relatively small group of American corporations — primarily in defense, reconstruction, private security, and oil — made enormous profits, often through no-bid or cost-plus contracts with little accountability.
Reasonable answer; thank you for taking the time to write it!
I will need to point out a couple of things, however.
Saying so and so many children were killed and injured doesn't tell the full story. There were a lot of IEDs in the country, but the US didn't place those. They were placed by enemies. I even knew a man who had suffered severe brain damage when his Humvee was subjected to an IED. He was healed through 70 hyperbaric oxygen treatments and some surgery. To imply all the blame lies with the US simply isn't accurate. Same with the overall death count. I also have reason to believe that there were a lot of bogus death certificates produced. Alex Jones fell for that one. Remember taqqiya. Moreover, plenty of Iraqis were killed by enemies and not us in general. America tends to do its utmost to spare civilians, even if it means increased danger to our troops. Sometimes it cannot be avoided, and a favorite tactic terrorists use os using civilians as human shields, which is a despicable practice.
To say that American corporations, including oil companies, profited from the action in Iraq does not say that this is WHY WE WENT IN. We didn't go in for the oil. We had access to buy oil from many other places. Of course we would put out oil well fires. Why wouldn't we? Yes, American corporations profit from war, but it is critical to make a distinction between that as incidental, and the reason we went into Iraq. Most people apparently don't know it, but Saddam was in collusion with the 9-11 terrorists; they were trained at Salman Pak with his approval and full cooperation, even though their countries of origin were different.
Finally, Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source. Nor do I trust UNICEF. I can't comment on your other sources.
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