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America’s 25-year War on Terror: Nearly 45k U.S. service members, personnel dead
Brown University researchers said post-9/11 wars killed nearly 1 million people and left 30,177 U.S. troops and veterans dead by suicide.
- Approaching the 25-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, nearly one million people were killed in post-9/11 conflicts, according to Brown University's Watson Institute analysis.
- Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George Bush launched the Global War on Terrorism to destroy al-Queda and the Taliban, sending hundreds of thousands overseas.
- Post-9/11 conflicts cost Americans nearly $10 trillion, including $1 billion in debt interest, with casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan totaling thousands of military members and Department of Defense personnel.
- An estimated 30,177 U.S. military members and veterans committed suicide over the 20-year period, with 6,398 veteran suicides in 2023 alone, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- As of Aug. 18, Defense Casualty Analysis System data shows 14 U.S. military casualties and 418 military members wounded in Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing Iran conflict.
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America’s 25-year War on Terror: Nearly 45k U.S. service members, personnel dead
(The Center Square) – Approaching the 25-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an entire generation of young Americans are alive who were born after Sept. 11, 2001, and they’ve only ever known the U.S. to be at war.
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