It's Time for America to Reckon With the Staggering Death Toll of the Post-9/11 Wars

http://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-war-on-terror/
Date Written:  2018-11-19
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX23096

Researchers strive to count the casualties of American wars but are faced by a lack of political and military accountability and a seemingly apathetic public.

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Brown University's Costs of War Project this month released a new estimate of the total death toll from the U.S. wars in three countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Brown's researchers estimate that at least 480,000 people have been directly killed by violence over the course of these conflicts, more than 244,000 of them civilians. In addition to those killed by direct acts violence, the number of indirect deaths - those resulting from disease, displacement, and the loss of critical infrastructure - is believed to be several times higher, running into the millions.