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Britain Used £34 Billion on Military Interventions: RUSI Study

Britain Used £34 Billion on Military Interventions: RUSI Study
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Britain has used approximately $57 billion on military interventions since 1990 primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were later judged to be strategic failures, a study published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) showed.

Britain Used £34 Billion on Military Interventions: RUSI Study

According to the research published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the bulk of the money, which accounted for 84 percent of all military interventions costs since 1990, has been spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The study entitled, "Wars in Peace," also found that a further £30 billion ($50 billion) may have to be allocated to long-term care for injured British veterans.
The research challenged the spending on the UK's military interventions, adding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were later judged to be "strategic failures."
Moreover, the RUSI report concluded that, "Far from reducing international terrorism... the 2003 invasion [of Iraq] had the effect of promoting it."

UK forces participated in the US-led invasion of Iraq in a blatant violation of international law in 2003 under the pretext that the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons were ever discovered in Iraq.

Britain also joined the United States in an invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but Afghanistan remains insecure despite the presence of tens of thousands of US-led forces there.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team


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