March 14, 2013 The Guardian
“[It] was disclosed the US war in Iraq has cost $1.7tn with an additional $490bn in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6tn over the next four decades counting interest.”
March 13, 2013 89.3 KPCC
“A new study from Brown University puts the civilian death toll at 134,000; the deaths of U.S. military and contractors at 8,000 minimum; and the cost to U.S. taxpayers (before interest) at $2.2 trillion.”
March 13, 2013 Gawker Media
“A new accounting from the Costs of War project at Brown University lays bare just how much blood and treasure ten years of the War in Iraq has cost.”
March 13, 2013 NPR
“The report, from Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies, is comprehensive, taking a look at the direct and indirect costs of war…”
March 12, 2013 National Radio Project
“The costs of the war are really pretty spectacular, first and mostly for the people of Iraq. The human toll runs into the hundreds of thousands… And then there’s a huge number of injuries from the violence.”
March 3, 2013
“According to Harvard University expert Linda Blimes, the United States will have to take care of an increasing number of veterans –around 2.5 million—the cost of which will be added to the costs of debt taken out to wage the wars.”
March 1, 2013 Footnote
“The research examines numerous facets of the wars’ impact, including military, contractor, civilian, and journalist casualties; refugee counts; the economy, environment, education systems, and public health in the war zones…”
November 28, 2012 50.50 Inclusive Democracy
“In early July this year, in the midst of the largest military spending in human history, the Watson Institute at Brown University released their research report on the costs of US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.”
December 27, 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek
“Direct federal spending on the war through 2012 will reach $823 billion, surpassing the $738 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars the U.S. spent on the Vietnam War”
December 16, 2011 LA Times
“When you add in future costs, such as ongoing debt service and healthcare costs for injured veterans, that figure will more than double, even if calculated very conservatively.”
December 16, 2011 Democracy Now
“I think we need to ask, ‘Is the war really over?’ And the answer is really no.”
November 22, 2011 Vermont Standard
“The cost of caring for the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans will reach $1 trillion within the next 30 or 40 years. It’s no wonder, just look at how many come home damaged…”
November 22, 2011 CNN World
“We cannot afford, literally, to focus exclusively on foreign affairs alone, as if the choices we make in relations to other nations don't have an impact on our ‘domestic affairs’ or our economy."
November 2, 2011 Metro
“To date, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in 236,000 deaths and a cost of $3 trillion to $4 trillion, according to Brown University’s Costs of War project. 2010 was the bloodiest year for the military since the Afghan war began.”
October 29, 2011 Al Jazeera
“A recent report from Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies estimated that the ultimate cost of both the Afghan and Iraq wars could range up to $4.4tn … those trillions don't include the global war on terror.”
October 24, 2011 Daily News
“Think how ludicrous it is that, last month, Republicans refused to release funds for disaster relief without budget cuts to pay for them, and yet, just a few years ago, they raised no objections to entering into two wars on credit, while cutting.”
October 20, 2011 The Guardian
“Since 9/11, the United States has spent an estimated $3.2 to $4tn, reports the Watson Institute, fighting these multiple wars and low- intensity conflicts throughout the Middle East and North Africa.”
October 18, 2011 RT
“With US national debt at some 15 trillion dollars, a potential $1 trillion in defense spending cuts on the table, and… the cost of war in Afghanistan and Iraq could reach some $4 trillion, does the American public have the stomach or the means to prosecute another war?”