The total financial costs for Iraq war have risen from the initial Bush Administration estimates of $50 billion to more than $400 billion total, most of it coming from the United States, but at least £4 billion from the United Kingdom.
The coalition forces, comprising forces from mainly US and UK, have been accused to have committed several war crimes, apart from bringing death to thusands of civillians.
1) The torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib by coalition forces.
2) The use of white phosphorus.
3) The murder of 24 civilians in Haditha, including women and children.
4) The murder of 11 civilians in Ishaqi, including five children
5) The kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man named Hashim Ibrahim Awad
6) The gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and the murder of her family, in Mahmudiyah.
7) The bombing and shooting of 42 civilians in Mukaradeeb.
The Iraqi insurgents have also been accused of severe war crimes. Most severe of them are:
1) Killing over 12,000 Iraqis from January 2005 - June 2006
2) Attacks on diplomats and diplomatic facilities including; the bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003 killing the top U.N. representative in Iraq and 21 other UN staff members
3) The February 2006 bombing of the al-Askari Mosque, destroying one of the holiest Shiite shrines, killing over 165 worshipers and igniting sectarian strife and reprisal killings.
4) The publicised murders of several non-military personnel. Most of these civilians were subjected to brutal torture and/or beheading.
5) Torture or murder of members of the New Iraqi Army, and assassination of civilians associated with the Coalition Provisional Authority.
DO WE PAY TAXES TO DESTROY A NATION? TO KILL CHILDHOOD AND INNOCENCE?
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