Statement on Daniel Pocock

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Here is some of the paper from a US university, typed:

Millions displaced by U.S. post-9/11 wars

Thirty-eight million people have been displaced -- becoming refugees
seeking safety in another country, or becoming internally displaced
people within their own country -- as a result of the wars the U.S.
military has fought since 2001. That is more than those displaced by
any war or disaster since the start of the 20th century, except for
World War II. Although the United States has accepted hundreds of
thousands of refugees, most have been hosted by countries in the
greater Middle East.

[graphic: Arrows point to the top three countries where the most
refugees and asylum seekers from each war-affected country have fled
as of 2019. Arrows for Syria include all displaced Syrians,
2011-2019.]
[the graphic highlights Libya, Iraq, Afghanista, Pakistan, Yemen, and
Somalia.  Red arrows depict diverse travel from these countries to
certain neighboring countries -- generally northward -- and also to
each other.]
[below the map, a bar chart shows displaced persons:
 Afghanistan 2001- : 5.9 million total displaced person
 Pakistan 2001- : 3.7 million
 Yemen 2002- : 4.6 million
 Somalia 2002- : 4.3 million
 Philippines 2002- : 1.8 million
 Iraq 2003- : 9.2 million
 Libya 2011- : 1.2 million
 Syria 2014- : 7.1 million
Dark bars indicate refugess and sylum seekers. Lighter bars indicate
internally displaced persons.  The light bars are 2 to 10 times as
large as the dark bars, across the countries.  The years indicate the
years of U.S. military involvement.]
[A scale along the bottom ranges from 0 to 10M, showing the magnitude
of displacement.]
[Displaced persons data updated through 2020; Syrian and Afghan
internally displaced persons data updated through 2021. Syria data
only includes people displaced during years of direct U.S. military
involvement in the war and in five provinces where U.S. forces have
fought. Key source, updated August 2021: David Vine, Cala Coffman,
Katalina Khoury, Madison Lovasz, Helen Bush, Rachel Leduc, and
Jennifer Walkup. "Creating Refugees: Displacement Caused by the U.S.
Post-9/11 Wars," Costs of WarProject, Brown University, Sept. 8, 2020.
Map and graphic by Kelly Martin/IRW.]