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BREAKING: Our latest estimates reveal that deaths in post-9/11 war zones top 4.5 million.
Read more by @MiriamABerger in the @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/…
The Costs of War Project
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The Costs of War Project
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The human, budgetary, environmental, and social costs of US wars and military operations, at home and abroad. Housed @brownuniversity’s @Watson_School.
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- The U.S. post-9/11 wars have displaced at least 38 million people. This exceeds those displaced by every war since 1900, except World War II. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/fil…
- BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined. Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…
- The U.S. post-9/11 wars have displaced at least 38 million people. This exceeds those displaced by every war since 1900, except for World War II.
- The post-9/11 wars have displaced at least 38 million people — roughly the population of Canada. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/fil…
- At least 38 million people have been displaced by the U.S. post-9/11 wars. That is more than those displaced by any war or disaster since the start of the 20th century, except for World War II. [1/3]
- Few graphics convey the civilian toll of the so-called “War on Terror” better than this one. At least 38 million people have been forcibly displaced in the post-9/11 wars. This is roughly equivalent to the population of Canada. [1/3]
- At least 38 million people have been displaced by the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. That's roughly equivalent to the population of California. [1/3]
- Conservative estimates reveal that at least 38 million people fled their homes in post-9/11 war zones. The number could be as high as 60 million.
- 38 million people have been displaced in the post-9/11 wars — roughly equivalent to the entire population of Afghanistan. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/fil…
- New data reveals that more than 98 percent of Gaza campus protests were peaceful, yet over 3,500 were arrested across 81 campuses. Via @stephensemler. forever-wars.com/cops-arrested-…
- BREAKING: 929,000 dead in post-9/11 wars that have come with a price tag of $8 trillion. Our latest assessments of the human and budgetary costs of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere are now available at costsofwar.org. #20YearsOfWar
- BREAKING: Iraq War costs to top $2.89T by 2050. New estimates put the human death toll of the war at 580,000. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…
- BREAKING: One year after Oct. 7, our new analysis reveals that the cost of war in Gaza and beyond to U.S. taxpayers is conservatively estimated to be $22.76 billion… and counting. [THREAD} watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…
