Although US MSM has been wisely not covering this ( potnetial laibilities for neoconservative groups, media outlets owners who may have pushed false yellow cake claims to help start lies based racially motivated war, official institutions could be in $Trillions ) but under the radar movement to secure reparations for victims of Iraq conflicts including US led Iraqi Freedom war has been spreading. Center For Civilian Rights is one of such groups driving this.
Some previous estimates had put cost of Iraq Freedom War to US taxpayers to be as high as $6 Trillion.
https://minorityrights.org/wp-conten...ember-2017.pdf
Iraq’s Law No. 20 on Compensation
for Victims of Military Operations,
Military Mistakes and Terrorist Actions
As detailed in the Introduction, Iraq has experience with a number of
reparations initiatives corresponding to the different periods of conflict and
dictatorship through which the country has passed. These have included
reparations awarded in the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and various
reparations schemes put into place after 2003 for victims of the Saddam
Hussein regime. The most relevant scheme for the purposes of this report,
however, is the scheme created by Law 20 on Compensation for Victims of
Military Operations, Military Mistakes and Terrorist Actions. Passed in 2009 and
amended in 2015, the law remains in force, raising the question of whether it
can act as an effective basis for compensating victims of the conflict with ISIS.
For the victims of military operations, military mis-
takes and terrorist actions, and allocated it respon-
sibility for forming subcommittees in each
governorate responsible for receiving all types of
claims. The role of the Central Committee in Bagh-
dad is now limited to making the final decision on
cases of property damage and reviewing appeals
on other types of cases. The composition of the Cen-
tral Committee was also changed to include only
three ministries, as well as representatives of the
KRG, the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights,
and a representative of the victims themselves.
Lastly, the one-time grant amounts provided under
the law were increased and now range from
IQD2.5 million to IQD5 million (US$2,115 to
US$4,230), depending on the gravity of damage.
Progress on
compensating victims
from 2009 to present
Official figures obtained from the Central Com-
mittee show that considerable progress was made
in compensating victims of military operations,
military mistakes and terrorist actions since Law
20 was passed. During the period 2011–16, deci-
sions were reached on a total of 65,046 cases in-
volving property damage and 118,894 claims
involving martyrs, injuries and lost persons. The
total amount awarded to victims over this five-
year period was more than IQD420 billion (over
US$355 million).
Related
15 Years After Invasion, Demands for Iraq War Reparations, New Global Peace Movement
The war "provided the platform for mass civilian casualties, war crimes, and a vast boon to corporations seeking to profit from war-making—with almost complete impunity to this day."
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