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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 US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8 trillion
- The US 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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Neta Crawford, Stephanie Savell, Heidi Peltier, Nadje Al-Ali, and Ieva Jusionyte, "The Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Post-9/11 Wars: A 20-Year View." September 15, 2021
Linda Bilmes, "Where did the $5tn spent on Afghanistan and Iraq go? Here’s where." The Guardian, September 11, 2021
Catherine Lutz, "The Hubris of Post-9/11 Foreign Policy." History As It happens, September 9, 2021
David Vine, "U.S. leaves Afghanistan, but military presence remains nearby." Investigative Reporting Workshop, September 9, 2021