The
countries include Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and
Pakistan.
In the
waning days of the Obama administration, new research by the Council
on Foreign Relations, CFR, has confirmed the militaristic legacy it
leaves behind: the United States dropped at least 26,171 bombs in
seven Muslim-majority countries in 2016.
According to
CFR researchers, who conducted the study, this estimate is even
“undoubtedly low” given limitations on available government data.
The
countries targeted last year were Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya,
Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan, an increase from the six bombed by the
United states in 2015. The number of bombs dropped also rose, with at
least 23,144 bombs dropped the year before.
The majority
of the bombs were dropped in Iraq and Syria, followed by Afghanistan,
where the so-called war on terror has ravaged the region since 2001.
Another 496
bombs were dropped by the U.S. in Libya, where the United States
began an air campaign to oust the Islamic State group, who along with
other extremist groups, filled the void when NATO carried out a
regime change operation that toppled the country’s leader Muammar
Gaddafi.
The year
2016 also saw the continuance of drone strikes in Yemen, Somalia and
Pakistan, where the United States has carried out covert drone wars
for years, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths.
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