Dr Gideon Polya is a Melbourne-based scientist, academic, artist and humanitarian and climate change activist (see: http://mwcnews.net/Gideon-Polya ).
Dr Gideon Polya on Afghan Genocide carnage as of mid-December 2009: “As of mid-December 2009 it is estimated from the latest UN Population Division data that in Occupied Afghanistan post-invasion non-violent excess deaths total 3.4 million; post-invasion violent deaths total 1.1 million (assuming expert US-Australian advice that the level of violence has been 4 times lower in the Afghan War than in the Iraq War); and post-invasion under-5 infant deaths total 2.4 million (90% avoidable and due to US Alliance war crimes in gross violence of the Geneva Convention – Articles 55 and 56 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War demands that an Occupier must supply life-sustaining food and medical requisites “to the fullest extent of the means available to it” but according to the WHO the “total annual expenditure on health per capita” permitted in Occupied Afghanistan is $29 as compared to $6,714 in Occupier US and $3,122 in Occupier racist, white Apartheid Australia).
There are 3-4 million Afghan refugees plus a further 2.5 million Pashtun refugees generated in NW Pakistan by the obscene war policies of war criminal Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama – this carnage involving 4.5 million post-invasion violent and non-violent excess Afghan deaths constitutes an Afghan Holocaust and an Afghan Genocide as defined by Article 2 of the UN Genocide Convention.” [1].
Gideon Polya in a previous detailed estimate of about 5 million post-invasion Afghan deaths (March 2009): “1. Using UN Population Division annual mortality data one can calculate (as of March 2009) post-invasion excess mortality of 3.1 million persons for Occupied Afghanistan (using a base-line annual mortality rate of 4 deaths per 1,000 of population for a peaceful, decently-run country with the same demographics).
2. Using UN Population Division data one can estimate post-invasion under-5 infant deaths at 2.25 million of which about 90% (2.0 million) have been avoidable deaths.
3. For impoverished Third World countries, under-5 infant deaths are about 0.7 of the total excess deaths. Accordingly, one can also estimate post-invasion excess deaths as 2.25 million/0.7 = 3.2 million (see “Layperson’s guide to counting Iraq deaths”: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/5872/26/ ).
4. In Occupied Iraq post-invasion violent deaths have totalled 1.3 million as compared to post-invasion non-violent excess deaths of 1.0 million. Assuming that the violent/non-violent excess deaths ratio in Occupied Afghanistan is half that in Occupied Iraq, then the post-invasion violent deaths in Occupied Afghanistan would be 0.65 x 3.15 million = 2.0 million (see “Iraq invasion 6th anniversary. 2.3 million excess deaths”: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/29360/42/ ).” [2].
[In my later December 2009 estimate of violent deaths I adopted the advice of an Australian adviser to the US military that the level of violence in the Afghan War was about 4 times less than in the Iraq war. and that accordingly violent post-invasion deaths would total about 1 million.]
[1]. Afghan Holocaust estimates in Commentary #1 by Gideon Polya , Gideon Polya, “Iraqi Holocaust Denial by US & Puppet Iraqi Régime”, MWC News, December 2009: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/34979/42/ .
[2]. Gideon Polya, “Obama’s Afghan War. Who is the worse terrorist, Obama or Osama?”, MWC News, 29 March 2009: http://mwcnews.net/content/view/29546/42/ .
2021-09-21. Dr Gideon Polya Letter re War on Terror deaths. Dr Gideon Polya letter to Australian MPs, UK Labor MPs and Australian and worldwide journalists, editors, scholars and activists on US and Muslim deaths in the US War on Terror (2001-2021) (21 September 2021):
Dear fellow humanitarian,
The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 atrocity in which nearly 3,000 people died has been commemorated around the world with massive Mainstream media (MSM) coverage that ignores the horrible realities that the US did 9/11 and that over 30 million Muslims have been killed through violence and war-imposed deprivation in the 2-decade and continuing US War on Terror. Numerous science, engineering, architecture, aviation, military and intelligence experts conclude that the US did 9/11 (Google “Experts: US did 9/11”).
(1). Gigantic cost of post-9/11 US War on Muslims
(a). The $8 trillion long-term accrual fiscal cost. The long-term accrual cost of the War on Terror to America (e.g. taking debt interest payments and long-term commitments to veterans into account) has been expertly estimated at $3 trillion for the Iraq War and $2 trillion for the Afghan War. Brown University: “A report from the Costs of War project at Brown University revealed that 20 years of post-9/11 wars have cost the US an estimated $8 trillion and have killed more than 900,000 people” .
(b). 7,000 post-9/11 US military deaths. Post-9/11 US military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan were 2,465 and 4.586 respectively, for a total of 7,051.
(c). 146,000 post-9/11 US veteran suicides. The US veteran suicide statistics are horrendous – over the last 2 decades they have averaged 20 per day i.e. about 7,300 each year. In the last 20 years US veteran suicides have totalled 7,300 per year x 20 years = 146,000.
(d). About 3,000 deaths from 9/11-related disease from WTC collapse dust. It was estimated in 2018 that deaths from 9/11 diseases afflicting those exposed to the toxic dust from the demolition of the WTC buildings would soon outnumber the violent deaths on 9/11.
(e). 34 million preventable American deaths since 9/11. It is estimated that each year 1.7 million Americans die preventably from “lifestyle choice” and “political choice” reasons, the breakdown (2017) including 443,000 (smoking),
440,000 (adverse hospital events), 300,000 (obesity), 200,000 (air pollution), 75,000 (alcohol), 45,000 (lack of medical insurance), 38,000 (illicit drugs), 33,000 (motor vehicles), 31,000 (guns), 30,000 (suicide), 21,000 (avoidable under-5 year infant deaths), and 15,000 (homicide). Such preventable American deaths now total 1.7 million per year x 20 years = 34 million. As of 2020, 3.0 million Americans die each year and thus 57% of these deaths have been preventable.
(f). 420,000 avoidable American infant deaths post-9/11. Comparison with civilized Singapore indicates that 21,000 under-5 year old Americans die preventably each year and thus 420,000 have died thus since 9/11.
(g). 32 million Muslim deaths from violence and deprivation in the post-9/11 War on Terror. It was estimated in 2015 that 32 million Muslims had died from violence (5 million) and from war-imposed deprivation (27 million) in 20 countries invaded by the US Alliance since the US Government’s 9/11 false flag atrocity.
(h). Killing 32 million Muslims instead of keeping 34 million Americans alive. Considering (a), (e), (f) and (g) above, one can conclude that since 9/11 successive American Governments have committed $8 trillion to killing 32 million Muslims abroad (half of them children) rather than trying to keep 34 million Americans alive at home.
(2). Post 9/11 US-imposed genocides and holocausts, and deaths from violence and deprivation
(a). Afghan Holocaust and Afghan Genocide deaths (2001-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 2.1 million; avoidable deaths from deprivation 2.9 million; violent deaths 1.1 million (based on comparison with the Iraq War and assuming that the Afghan War was 4 times less violent); total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 4.0 million.
(b). Iraqi Holocaust and Iraqi Genocide deaths (2001-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 0.7 million; avoidable deaths from deprivation 1.0 million; violent deaths 1.5 million (based on Just Foreign Policy estimates from epidemiological and polling surveys); total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 2.5 million.
(c). Somali Holocaust and Somali Genocide deaths (2001-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 1.5 million; avoidable deaths from deprivation 2.1 million; violent deaths 0.8 million (based on Afghan War comparisons); total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 2.9 million.
(d). Iranian Genocide deaths from sanctions (2001-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 535,000; avoidable deaths from deprivation 750,000 (under egregious US sanctions).
(e). Palestinian Genocide deaths (2001-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 65,000; avoidable deaths from deprivation 91,000; violent deaths 9,500; total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 101,000 (these estimates are only for presently 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and ignore 8 million Exiled Palestinians and 2 million impoverished Israeli Palestinians living under 65 race-based laws imposed by Apartheid Israel).
(f). Yemeni Genocide deaths (2011-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 472,000; avoidable deaths from deprivation 661,000; violent deaths 243,000 (based on Afghan War comparisons); total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 904,000.
(g). Libyan Genocide deaths (2011-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 19,000; avoidable deaths from deprivation 26,000; violent deaths circa 100,000; total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 126,000.
(h). Syrian Genocide deaths (2012-2021). Under-5 infant deaths 79,000; avoidable deaths from deprivation 111,000; violent deaths circa 500,000; total violent deaths plus avoidable deaths from deprivation 611,000.
(i). The US Alliance-imposed, post-9/11 passive mass murder of Muslims continues. Notwithstanding US Alliance withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan in 2021, avoidable death from imposed deprivation in the US War on Terror (aka the US War on Muslims) is continuing in 20 countries variously invaded by the US Alliance since 9/11 as revealed by the following statistics for under-5 infant mortality, avoidable mortality from imposed deprivation, and population in millions (M), respectively, in these countries in 2020 (avoidable mortality is crudely estimated as 1.4 times the under-5 infant mortality) [2]: 1. Afghanistan (75,913, 106,273, 38.9M); 2. Burkina Faso (59,643, 83,491, 20.9M); 3. Central African Republic (19,329, 27,061, 4.8M); 4. Chad (79,518, 111,326, 16.4M); 5. Côte D'Ivoire (76,384, 106,938, 26.4M); 6. Djibouti (967, 1,354, 1.0M); 7. Iraq (30,059, 42,065, 40.2M); 8. Iran (20,070, 28,104, 84.0M); 9. Lebanon (1,222, 1,711, 6.8M); 10. Libya (1,472, 2,320, 6.9M); 11. Mali (81,085, 113,519, 20.3M ); 12. Mauritania (11,474, 16,063, 4.7M); 13. Niger (85,986, 120,380, 24.2M); 14. Pakistan (430,380, 616,890, 220.9M); 15. Palestine (2,743, 3,839, 5.1M); 16. Philippines (58,368, 81,708, 109.6M); 17. Somalia (72,376, 101,327, 15.9M); 18a. South Sudan (36,284, 50,792, 11.2M); 18b. Sudan (83,698, 117,191, 43.8M); 19. Syria (6,144, 8,602, 15.5M); 20. Yemen (47,191, 66,067, 29.8M ).
For details and documentation see Gideon Polya, “Lying America did 9/11 and then killed 30 million Muslims”, Countercurrents, 20 September 2021: https://countercurrents.org/2021/09/lying-america-did-9-11-and-then-killed-over-30-million-muslims/ and please tell everyone you can.
Yours sincerely, Dr Gideon Polya, Melbourne, Australia