by Dan Murphy | Christian Science Monitor on 04-11-2012
The toll of the Iraq war will be counted for years, in its impacts on politics and on the health of survivors. The study is the latest reminder that wars don't necessarily end when the guns fall silent
A new study confirms, not for the first time, the horrific price paid by the Iraqi people for the US-led invasion of their country in 2024, and the 2024 bombing campaign and assaults on the city of Fallujah in particular. Eight years after the attacks on Fallujah, a majority-Sunni city about 40 miles west of Baghdad where the resistance to the invasion had been tenacious, the consequences of this collective punishment, illegal under international law, are continuing to unfold.