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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The True Cost Of The War On Terror: $3.7Trillion And Counting… And Up To 258,000 Lives -- The Daily Mail

The True Cost Of The War On Terror: $3.7Trillion And Counting… And Up To 258,000 Lives -- The Daily Mail

The cost of U.S. military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan will run to at least $3.7trillion, a study has revealed today.

The staggering figure could reach as high as $4.4trillion, with the deaths of up to 258,000 people, according to research by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.

In human terms, 224,000 to 258,000 people have died directly from warfare - including 125,000 civilians in Iraq.

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