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OPERATION EPIC FURY · DAY — OF CONFLICT · U.S. STRIKES ON IRAN · LIVE COST TRACKING · INDEPENDENT
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Anti-war · Anti-imperialist · Live data
U.S. taxpayer cost of Operation Epic Fury — updating live
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Five lenses on the same war
Financial · Live
The Tab
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Total spent — ticking now
47 human metrics. What the U.S. is spending on the war — translated into teacher salaries, insulin, cancer treatments, homes, and rent. The number that doesn't stop.
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Economic ripple · Live data
The Shockwave
+15%
Oil price rise since Feb 28
Gas. Food. CPI. The airstrike reaches your wallet 6 weeks later. Live prices from EIA and FRED — Brent crude, pump prices, energy and food inflation, the chain unbroken.
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Forensic analysis · Published
The Brief
$47B
Contractor market cap gains — 72hr
The procurement arithmetic. The petrodollar sequence. The 847:43 media coverage ratio. Who profits, who decides, who pays. Numbers first, history where it counts.
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Human cost · Ongoing
The Reckoning
1,300+
Estimated civilian deaths — ACLED
Casualties. Displacement. Hospitals struck. Healthcare collapse. The cost in people, not dollars — sourced from ACLED, UNHCR, WHO, and independent monitors on the ground.
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Environmental cost · Ongoing
The Footprint
4.2M t
CO₂e emitted — and rising
Oil fires. Black carbon. Persian Gulf contamination. Marine ecosystem collapse. The ecological damage that outlasts the conflict by decades — measured in CO₂, not rhetoric.
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Aid · Scored organisations
Where to Act
6
Independently scored charities
MSF. ICRC. UNRWA. War Child. Scored on efficiency, independence, conflict-zone access, and alignment. Full profiles. No payment. No affiliation. No USAID-funded NGOs.
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Where to act · Independently scored
Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF / Doctors Without Borders
9.1
Score /10
Emergency medical care in active conflict zones. Explicitly refuses funding from belligerent governments. The gold standard for conflict-zone independence.
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Int'l Committee of the Red Cross
ICRC
8.3
Score /10
The only humanitarian organisation with a legal mandate under international law. Unmatched access to detainees, POWs, and besieged populations.
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UNRWA
UN Relief & Works Agency
7.9
Score /10
Largest humanitarian operation in the Middle East. Defunded by the US in 2024 — independent donations are directly counterfactual.
♥ Donate to UNRWA
Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief Worldwide
7.8
Score /10
Strong operational access in Iran-proximate regions. Genuine independence from Western donor governments. Under-represented in Western fundraising relative to its reach.
♥ Donate to Islamic Relief
War Child
War Child International
7.6
Score /10
Child protection and education in active conflict zones. Focused on the population most harmed and least served by military-adjacent NGOs.
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PAX for Peace
PAX
7.4
Score /10
Explicitly anti-militarist. Arms trade accountability, civilian harm documentation, conflict prevention. The only org here working the political project directly.
♥ Donate to PAX
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