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Summary
- Over 801,000 people have died due to direct war violence, and several times as many indirectly
- Over 335,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting
- 37 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons
- The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $6.4 trillion dollars
- 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 US and abroad
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