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Parliamentary Debate on Going to War is Long Overdue

March 19, 2018 The Sydney Morning Herald

On the 15th anniversary of Australia's decision to join the U.S.-led coalition in invading Iraq, the author questions Australia's decision, which has led to so much suffering and death. The author cites Costs of War figures on casualties of the war.

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War is never the answer [letter]

March 12, 2022 LNP | Lancaster Online

LNP| Lancaster Online cites Costs of War data on the human and budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars. 

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Reining In the War Economy

September 20, 2022 The National

Costs of War was cited in a piece by contributor William Hartung in The Nation reviewing Miriam Pemberton’s new book.

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Joe Kent’s Forever War

October 5, 2022 Mother Jones

Costs of War was cited by Mother Jones on civilian deaths in Afghanistan in an article about congressional candidate Joe Kent.

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Karl Rove's War

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.”

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The frighteningly high human and financial costs of war

October 12, 2016 AlJazeera

"The Costs of War Project comprises 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners and physicians, and has been working since 2011 to document the full human, material, and political costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the related violence in Pakistan and Syria - and to ask for an official accounting. The project's findings show that over the past 15 years, US conflicts have cost more than 600,000 military and civilian lives, resulted in more than seven million refugees and displaced people, and run-up perhaps nearly $13 trillion in financial costs over the lifetimes of the conflicts."

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