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The Costs of War

September 9, 2011 PBS

“[U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan] have killed about 2,000 people. We don’t know exactly how many, and we don’t know exactly how many of those people were insurgent targets.”

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Assessing The Full Cost Of War

September 6, 2011 Here&Now

“The group also calculated the human and social costs, both in lives lost and the cost of caring for the nearly 100,000 wounded service members.”

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War costs may top $3.7 trillion

August 21, 2011 Detroit Free Press

“When congressional cost-cutters meet later this year to decide on trimming the federal budget, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq could represent juicy targets. But how much do the wars actually cost U.S. taxpayers?”

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US struggles over war expenditures

August 18, 2011 AFP

“Osama bin Laden failed in his lifetime to achieve his goal of ‘bleeding America to bankruptcy,’ but 10 years after 9/11 the United States is still paying a steep economic price.”

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US cost of war at least $3.7t and counting

June 29, 2011 China Daily

“In human terms, 224,000 to 258,000 people have died directly from warfare, including 125,000 civilians in Iraq. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, healthcare, and nutrition.”

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U.S. cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting

June 29, 2011 Reuters

“When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. Staggering as it is, that figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the U.S. Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released on Wednesday.”

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Telling the Truth About the Cost of War

November 23, 2017 The New York Times

The NYT Editorial Board cites the Costs of War project as showing that over 200,000 civilians have died in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan since 2001.

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How 9/11 Triggered Two Decades of Global War

September 10, 2021 U.S. News

U.S. News cites Costs of War Project data by Neta Crawford and Catherine Lutz on the human cost of the post-9/11 wars, and cites data by Stephanie Savell on the number of U.S. counterterrorism operations.

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