Peace Facts

compiled by Lisa Ann Pierce, WAMM

According to Ellen C. Collier of the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. "used its armed forces abroad in situations of conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes" on 234 occasions between 1798 and 1993.

University of New Hampshire professor Marc Herold's research indicates that 3, 767 Afghan civilians died in the current U.S. war in Afghanistan between October 7, 2001 and December 7, 2001. He calls his figure a "very, very conservative estimate." The BBC reports, "The figure is well in excess of the estimated 2,998 people killed in the 11 September attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center."

"Since the 1970s, civilian casualties have constituted 84% of all casualties of warfare."

"Sixty million people have been killed in wars during the 20th century."

"In the last decade alone 1.5 million children have died in wars. Four million have been disabled and a further 10 million traumatized."