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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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Leta Taylor, Nina Tannenwald, Heidi Peltier. "Legacy of the 'Dark Side': The Costs of Unlawful U.S. Detentions and Interrogations Post-9/11" Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, September 22, 2022. Panel video.

William Hartung, "In Pursuit of Higher Revenues, Weapons Contractors Exaggerate Impacts of Inflation" Forbes, September 15, 2022.

William Hartung and Julia Gledhill, "Spending Unlimited" TomDispatch, September 11, 2022.

Heidi Peltier, "The Real Winners of the US War in Afghanistan" Inkstick, September 7, 2022.

William Hartung, "Overspending on the Pentagon is Hazardous to your Health" Inkstick, September 6, 2022.