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Summary

  • Over 940,000 people have died in the post-9/11 wars due to direct war violence.
  • An estimated 3.6-3.8 million people have died indirectly in post-9/11 war zones, bringing the total death toll to at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting.
  • Over 432,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting.
  • 38 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons.
  • The U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8 trillion.
  • The U.S. government is conducting counterterror activities in 78 countries.
  • At least four times as many active duty personnel and war veterans of post-9/11 conflicts have died of suicide than in combat.
  • The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the U.S. and abroad.

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