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Summary
- Over 929,000 people have died in the post-9/11 wars due to direct war violence, and several times as many due to the reverberating effects of war
- Over 387,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting
- 38 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons
- The U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8 trillion
- The U.S. government is conducting counterterror activities in 85 countries
- The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the U.S. and abroad
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Linda Bilmes, "US is still living with consequences of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars" The Boston Globe, March 20, 2023
William Hartung, "Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry", Tom Dispatch, March 26, 2023
Catherine Lutz and Andrew Bacevich "Iraq War w/ Andrew Bacevich" History as It Happens podcast, March 20, 2023
Neta Crawford, "Blood and Treasure: Documenting the Costs of Iraq War from Civilian Casualties to Trillions Spent" Democracy Now!, March 17, 2023