Close to 30,000 more wounded, some so badly they probably wish they were dead.
Non-US Troop Casualties - Total 308, with 175 from the UK.
$600 billion tax dollars spent, with $200 billion more to come in 2008.
U.S. Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion in 2008.
Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000.
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 million in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors.
Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns missing, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.
Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. (Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007.)
Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings.
Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion.
Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion.
Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion.
Number of major U.S. bases in Iraq - 75 (The Nation/New York Times).
Iraqi Troops Trained and Able to Function Independent of U.S. Forces - 6,000 as of May 2007 (per NBC's "Meet the Press" on May 20, 2007)
Troops in Iraq - Total 164,481, including 155,000 from the US, 4,500 from the UK, 2,000 from Georgia, 900 from Poland, 650 from South Korea and 1,431 from all other nations.
Private Contractors in Iraq, Working in Support of US Army Troops - More than 180,000 in August 2007, per The Nation/LA Times.
Iraqi Police and Soldiers Killed - 8,009
Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated - A UN issued report dated Sept 20, 2006 stating that Iraqi civilian casualties have been significantly under-reported. Casualties are reported at 50,000 to over 100,000, but may be much higher. Some informed estimates place Iraqi civilian casualties at over 600,000.
Close to 30,000 more wounded, some so badly they probably wish they were dead.
Non-US Troop Casualties - Total 308, with 175 from the UK.
$600 billion tax dollars spent, with $200 billion more to come in 2008.
U.S. Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion in 2008.
Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000.
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 million in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors.
Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns missing, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.
Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. (Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007.)
Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings.
Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion.
Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion.
Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion.
Number of major U.S. bases in Iraq - 75 (The Nation/New York Times).
Iraqi Troops Trained and Able to Function Independent of U.S. Forces - 6,000 as of May 2007 (per NBC's "Meet the Press" on May 20, 2007)
Troops in Iraq - Total 164,481, including 155,000 from the US, 4,500 from the UK, 2,000 from Georgia, 900 from Poland, 650 from South Korea and 1,431 from all other nations.
Private Contractors in Iraq, Working in Support of US Army Troops - More than 180,000 in August 2007, per The Nation/LA Times.
Iraqi Police and Soldiers Killed - 8,009
Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated - A UN issued report dated Sept 20, 2006 stating that Iraqi civilian casualties have been significantly under-reported. Casualties are reported at 50,000 to over 100,000, but may be much higher. Some informed estimates place Iraqi civilian casualties at over 600,000.
Iraqi Insurgents Killed, Roughly Estimated - 55,000.
Non-Iraqi Contractors and Civilian Workers Killed - 548
Non-Iraqi Kidnapped - 305, including 54 killed, 147 released, 4 escaped, 6 rescued and 94 status unknown.
Daily Insurgent Attacks, Feb 2004 - 14.
Daily Insurgent Attacks, July 2005 - 70.
Daily Insurgent Attacks, May 2007 - 163.
Estimated Insurgency Strength, Nov 2003 - 15,000.
Estimated Insurgency Strength, Oct 2006 - 20,000 - 30,000.
Estimated Insurgency Strength, June 2007 - 70,000.
Iraqi Unemployment Rate - 27 to 60%, where curfew not in effect.
Consumer Price Inflation in 2006 - 50%.
Percent of professionals who have left Iraq since 2003 - 40%.
Iraqi Physicians Before 2003 Invasion - 34,000.
Iraqi Physicians Who Have Left Iraq Since 2003 Invasion - 12,000.
Iraqi Physicians Murdered Since 2003 Invasion - 2,000.
Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity - 1 to 2 hours, per Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (Per Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2007).
Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity - 10.9 in May 2007.
Average Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 5.6 in May 2007.
Pre-War Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 16 to 24.
Number of Iraqi Homes Connected to Sewer Systems - 37%.
Iraqis without access to adequate water supplies - 70% (Per CNN.com, July 30, 2007).
Water Treatment Plants Rehabilitated - 22%.
(These data were taken from here.)
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