1 June 2014 - The campaign to overthrow Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and subsequent invasion of Iraq cost Britain over 35 billion euros, claimed the lives of at least 100,000 Iraqis, forced two million others to become refugees, caused a sharp increase in violence and significantly boosted opium production, the International Business Times reports, citing a study called "Wars in Peace".The largest military campaigns waged by the West since the "Cold War" era, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were strategic failures for Britain. What’s more, far from reducing international terrorism, the 2003 invasion of Iraq actually promoted it. read more>>>
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