The Three Trillion Dollar War
This website is inspired by the book The Three Trillion Dollar War and will continue to tell the story of the costs of this war. Apart from its tragic human toll, the Iraq War will be staggeringly...
View Article40% of US troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan troops require medical treatment
The latest information from Veterans for Common Sense shows a continued increase in the number of veterans who are seeking medical care from VA hospitals and clinics, and another steep increase in the...
View ArticleFive US soldiers killed in Mosul: war deaths approach 5000
Despite improvements in the security situation, Iraq is still a very dangerous and violent place. A suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in Mosul on April 11, killing five US solders, 3...
View ArticleTotal casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan: 90,000
90000 Casualties, but Who’s Counting? Antiwar.com – Kelley B. Vlahos – ?Nov 9, 2009? Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz have identified two scenarios in their book, The Three Trillion Dollar War (2008)....
View ArticleSIGIR finds money for democracy-building in Iraq is misspent
The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), issued a new report today looking at the use of grant funds given to the National Democratic Institute and the...
View ArticleArmy suicides hit record number in June 2010
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View ArticleBrown University study estimates cost of wars at $3.7 Trillion since 2001
The Watson Institute at Brown University, funded by the Eisenhower Institute, has published a wide-ranging new study of Iraq and Afghanistan war costs that was compiled by some 20 academic contributors...
View ArticleIraq Mortality estimated at more than 400,000
A new peer-reviewed study estimated that mortality in Iraq during the war years resulted in 405,000 more deaths than would have occurred in the absence of the conflict. Previous estimates of mortality...
View ArticleHalf of all Iraq and Afghanistan GWOT veterans claiming disability benefits —...
The number of veterans who have applied for and been awarded disability benefits just keeps going up. It is far in excess of our original predictions. The latest report from the Veterans Benefits...
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