“The cost of U.S. military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan will run to at least $3.7 trillion, a study has revealed today [June 29, 2011]. The staggering figure could reach as high as $4.4 trillion, 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. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, health care and nutrition. Another 365,000 have been wounded and 7.8 million…have been displaced.”
– “The Cost of U.S. Military Action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan will Run to at Least $3.7 Trillion,” Daily Mail, June 29, 2011