Stephanie Savell
@stephsavell
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Director, Costs of War project at Brown University; anthropologist; research on U.S. post-9/11 wars. Also tweets for @CostsOfWar
New York, USA
Joined April 2014
My latest @CostsOfWar research, out today, shows that the widespread myth in the US that the so-called "war on terror" is over could not be further from the truth.
BREAKING: Our updated counterterrorism map reveals that the post-9/11 wars are far from over. We’ve tracked operations in 78 countries under the Biden administration between 2021-2023. [THREAD]
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Nine months later, 232,000 indirect deaths does not seem like an unreasonable figure, but rather a conservative one. Counting war deaths is always tricky, but attempting to grasp the scale of the human costs of war is essential. [END].
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One year into the violence, @CostsOfWar research highlighted an October 2, 2024 letter to President Biden from a group of U.S. physicians estimating that 62,413 people in Gaza had already died of starvation. [8/9]
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Given the scale of Israel's attacks on infrastructure and widespread malnourishment in Gaza, we need to contemplate the possibility of an even higher ratio, taking 232,000 as a minimum estimate of indirect deaths. [7/9].
theguardian.com
UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah
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In my study I used the Geneva Declaration Secretariat's average ratio of 4:1 indirect to direct deaths. Applying this to Gaza since Oct. 2023, if the direct death toll is 58,000, that could mean an additional 232,000 current and/or future indirect deaths, totaling 290,000. [6/9].
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According to the most recent official numbers, 58,000 people have died in Gaza since Oct. 2023. [5/9]
npr.org
At least six children were killed in an Israeli strike on a water collection point. The Israeli military blamed a technical error which made its munition fall "dozens of meters from the target".
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Leaving aside the question of the intentionality of warring parties (a debated issue), a shorthand could be direct deaths = from bombs, bullets, etc.; indirect deaths = non-immediate deaths from causes like starvation [4/9].
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These are epidemiological terms: While "direct deaths" are due directly to war violence, "indirect deaths" are due to reverberating effects of war like malnutrition and the destruction of healthcare facilities. [3/9]
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According to a pivotal study by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat in 2008, the burden of "indirect deaths" for the majority of conflicts since the early 1990s has been between three to 15 times the number of "direct deaths." [2/9].
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I wrote a study on “indirect deaths” in the post-9/11 wars—those deaths that continue long after bombs are dropped. Here’s what my analysis brings to bear on analyzing the death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. [THREAD].
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RT @CostsOfWar: "This is not an arsenal of democracy—it's an arsenal of profiteering." @stephsavell on our latest research showing that mor….
commondreams.org
A new report reveals major Pentagon contractors received $2.4 trillion in DOD contracts from 2020-24, highlighting a massive transfer of taxpayer dollars and industry influence over U.S. military...
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RT @CostsOfWar: Costs of War’s @StephSavell on the new report: “This is not an arsenal of democracy — it’s an arsenal of profiteering. We s….
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RT @Watson_School: Unmasking American myths about war and the military — In an interview on the @makingpeaceviz #podcast, @stephsavell disc….
makingpeacevisible.org
Anthropologist Stephanie Savell, Co-Director of Costs of War Project at Brown University, breaks down the $816B U.S. defense budget and its global impact. In this episode, she examines how military...
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RT @CostsOfWar: BREAKING: The reconciliation bill enacted recently pushes annual U.S. military spending beyond the $1 trillion mark—likely….
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RT @CostsOfWar: “Israel’s military capacity is dependent on the high levels of military aid it has received from the United States for the….
theintercept.com
The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.
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RT @CostsOfWar: The horrors of war and the joys of play through video games are seemingly incompatible. But their histories are inextricabl….
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Looking forward to this conversation tomorrow!.
On April 3, join me, @AzmatZahra, and @stephsavell for a discussion on the dangers facing war reporters today. Information and link to register for the webinar -- hosted by @BrownUniversity's @CostsOfWar -- below.
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RT @justfp: “Fifty-three people have died in this latest wave of U.S. airstrikes, five of them children. These are just the latest deaths i….
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RT @nickturse: “Fifty-three people have died in this latest wave of U.S. airstrikes, five of them children. These are just the latest death….
theintercept.com
“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.”
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Wait a minute, the US is making war plans in Yemen??!! This question is glaringly absent from most if not all the US news coverage of the Signal chat leak. This shock should be equally as important as the national security breach. The US is killing innocent people in Yemen.
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Check out this video footage from study author Kali Rubaii.
The study found higher levels of heavy metals in the soil of more heavily bombarded neighborhoods in Fallujah, indicating the enduring distribution of heavy metals linked with military activity. [5/8]
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