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US' estimated tab for Middle East wars since 9/11 is US$4.4t - and rising fast
Brown University research body's estimate of the bill is three times higher than the Pentagon's authorised budget
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THE cost of US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria has soared to US$4.4 trillion since 9/11, and has been estimated to rise to US$5.6 trillion in the coming years.
A study by Brown University's Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs has indicated that these costs are a massive burden on the US federal and state budgets and the economy: the estimates are almost three times higher than the Pentagon's authorised US$1.52 trillion spending for Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria during the same period.
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