This is what former Easton City Council member Taiba Sultana posted on the 25th anniversary of 9/11:
25 years ago today, 2,977 people were killed.
In their name, the U.S. launched a “War on Terror” that cost about $8 trillion in public tax money and directly killed more than 900,000 people across Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. Count indirect deaths from disease, hunger, and displacement, and the estimate climbs to 4.5 million deaths.
We were told it was justice. It was for arms profits, oil, and imperial control.
Honoring the fallen means condemning the lies that sent so many more to their graves.
I SAID WHAT I SAID!!!
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