'Seen, heard, counted': New group aims to serve the 'hidden casualties' of war
March 2, 2025 Fox News
Fox News cited Costs of War research on contractors killed in the post-9/11 wars.
March 2, 2025 Fox News
Fox News cited Costs of War research on contractors killed in the post-9/11 wars.
May 29, 2024 Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now promoted an event featuring Neta Crawford.
March 13, 2025 Pearls and Irritations
Pearls and Irritations (Australia) cited the budgetary costs of the post-9/11 wars.
September 10, 2011 CBS News
“ll of the lost lives and dollars for Iraq were not even intended as remedy. But we have to ask ourselves: how did that happen, and how does it continue to happen?”
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.”
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.”
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?”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
August 10, 2021 Common Dreams
Common Dreams cites Thomas Howard Suitt III's Costs of War study on veteran and service member suicides since 9/11.
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.