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Comment by nibepins

Summary:

- Over 801,000 people have died due to direct war violence, and several times as many indirectly

- Over 335,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting

- 37 million - the number of war refugees and displaced persons

- The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $6.4 trillion dollars

- The US government is conducting counterterror activities in 80 countries

- The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the US and abroad

parent nibepins 6 years ago

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