US has killed over 13 million people in 37 countries since end of World War II – Prof Galtung

The United State of America has been accused of killing over 13 million people in 37 countries since end of World War II

This accusation was made by a Norwegian Professor and founder of Peace Studies, Johan Galtung.

Galtung who spoke with Daily Post stated that the US-Empire has killed or supported the killing of between 13 to 20 million people in 37 countries since the end of World War II in 1945.

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He said: “Well for details, I recommend people read my book “The Fall of the US-Empire – and then what?”. I doubt we have enough space to go through each point. Just let me state the most important ones: The US-Empire has killed or supported the killing of anything between 13 and 20 Million human beings in 37 countries since the end of World War II in 1945 in covert operations by the CIA and overt operations by the Pentagon.

“That alone should tell you that at some point, you will have negative feedback. It has caused enormous resistance all over the world. So the political clout of the US is flipping.

"In addition, the economy is flipping, and in addition to all of this, the illusion of a world in which the US is the moral beacon has also come to an end. Just to name these few points: The US has currently deployed special killer commandos to 138 countries to teach and execute extrajudicial killings. What has that got to do with the rule of law? Secondly: Why hasn’t terrorism stopped since George Bush started this global war on terror nonsense?

The professor also noted that despite the US war on terrorists, terrorism has increased over the last few years.

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“According to their own White House figures, estimated deaths from terrorism increased 4500% between 2002 and 2014. This is like a fire extinguisher spraying petrol on the fire. Also, where are the WMDs for which George W. Bush started this global war on terror thereby killing 1,3 million Iraqis according to Hans von Sponeck, former United Nations assistant secretary general to Kofi Annan and former UN humanitarian coordinator in Iraq.

“The key point here is that with every person the US kills somewhere in the world, it creates anything between 2 to 10 more bereaved people, parents, siblings what have you, with a grievance against it. Now apply this to 1.3 million direct and indirect deaths in Iraq and 222000 deaths in Afghanistan. Only fools will be surprised the world is detaching from the US: The magic is gone," he added.

Meanwhile, the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) of the United States declassified report revealed how General Yakubu Gowon, as Nigeria's military president, did not like nor trust late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1967.

Gowon and Awolowo were seen as allies, especially as they joined forces to fight the Biafran separatists during the Nigerian Civil War.

But the document revealed that Awolowo, who served as Gowon's finance minister, was not in the good books of his then boss (Gowon).