March 18, 2013 The Examiner
“A new report … tallies up the costs: nearly 4,500 U.S. troop fatalities, an eventual budgetary cost of some $3.9 trillion and more than 130,000 civilians as ‘collateral damage.’”
March 18, 2013 On Point
Thousands of American servicemen and women and their families have paid – and many still pay – a steep personal price for the Iraq War.
March 18, 2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
“…according to the 'Costs of War' Project at Brown University in the US, at least 134,000 Iraqi civilians were killed, 4488 American service members died and a further 32,000 wounded.”
March 16, 2013 Daily News
“Stunning new statistics… show that the decade-long War in Iraq has resulted in at least 189,000 deaths and cost more than $2 trillion.”
March 16, 2013 Huffington Post
“As we mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, surely it makes sense to acknowledge the consequences of our conduct… the war's cost in treasure and blood: $6 trillion and at least 190,000 lives lost.”
March 15, 2013 Salon
“A new study by the Costs of War Project by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University has made strides in quantifying the Iraq War ten years after the U.S. invaded.”
March 15, 2013 Voice of Russia
“The study was released by Brown University. The war in Iraq has cost around $1 trillion to date, and the Brown study took into account the future cost of veteran's benefits and other factors.”
March 14, 2013 The Huffington Post
“The war has killed at least 134,000 Iraqi civilians and may have contributed to the deaths of as many as four times that number, according to the Costs of War Project.”
March 14, 2013 Reuters
“The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion.”
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”