Iraq War and Its Implication towards Humanity

The Middle East is one of the most dangerous continents on earth, how could it not be predicted that in one year more than 10 major conflicts will occur in this area? In 2022, as many as 10 of the biggest conflicts in the world will occur in the Middle East. Various questions alighted as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Iraq is a country located in the Middle East, this country is bordered by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the south, Jordan in the west, Turkey in the north, and Iran in the east. As a country located in the Middle East, Iraq is also unavoidable from civil conflicts, wars of interest, and so on. The Iraq war broke out on March 19, 2003, with the goals set by the United States to disarm Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, as well as end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism.

The war that occurred at the initiation of the United States caused a massive crisis in Iraq. Humanitarian crises, infrastructure, and a significant decline in population during the war show the impact of the war itself on humanity. In 2003, when the Iraq war broke out, there were 12,133 thousand fatalities, this number continues to grow as the conflict continues.

Eight years after this war occurred, millions of civilians also became victims of this war. The chart above shows that in the past 8 years, Iraq has lost 120,023 civilian victims. 2006 and 2007 were the years with the most casualties during this war. 29,517 people were recorded as dead within one year in 2006, and 26,078 in 2007.