$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
Beware whenest thou rants unto ye gale, lest ye become bespotted with thine own spittle. - William Shakespeare
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Bush's Iraq War At Six
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