Thursday, April 02, 2009

Bush's Iraq War At Six

$656 billion: The cost of the Iraq War after six years (National Priorities Project)

1,320,110: The number of estimated Iraqi deaths due to the U.S. invasion (JustForeignPolicy.org, based on data from Iraq Body Count and a 2006 Lancet study)

326: The number of civilians killed in February 2009 (including 11 children)

4,259: The number of US casualties

31,131: The number of US wounded in action

513,000: The number of US troops deployed to Iraq since 2003; deployed more than once: 197,000; deployed more than three or more times: 53,000

24: The number of US soldiers who committed suicide in January 2009; the highest monthly total since the Army started keeping track in 1980

18 percent: The Iraqi unemployment rate; 28 percent for men between the ages 15-29

17 percent: The rate of Iraqi female labor force participation

138: The number of journalists killed in Iraq

5 million: The estimated number of Iraqis displaced since 2003; nearly 20 percent of the total population

15,100: The number of Iraqi prisoners in US custody; 35,000: The number of prisoners in Iraqi custody

13.3: The average hours of electricity per day

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