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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:36 PM
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Independent: The war in numbers: From WMD to the victims
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article332814.ece

The war in numbers: From WMD to the victims

Published: 13 December 2005

$204.4 billion The cost to the US of the war so far. The UK's bill up until March 2005 was £3.1 billion

2,339 Allied troops killed

98 UK troops killed

30,000 Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths

0 Number of WMDs found

8 per cent of Iraqi children suffering acute malnutrition

$35,819m World Bank estimated cost of reconstruction

53,470 Iraqi insurgents killed

67 per cent Iraqis who feel less secure because of occupation

$343 Average monthly salary for an Iraqi soldier. Average monthly salary for an American soldier in Iraq: $4,160.75

66 journalists killed in Iraq. Journalists killed during Vietnam war: 63

5 foreign civilians kidnapped per month

47 per cent Iraqis who never have enough electricity

20 casualties per month from unexploded mines

20 per cent Inflation rate 2005

25-40 per cent Estimated unemployment rate, Nov 2005

251 Foreigners kidnapped

70 per cent of Iraqi's whose sewage system rarely works

183,000 British and American troops are still in action in Iraq. There are 162,000 US troops and 8,000 British with 13,000 from other nations

90 Daily attacks by insurgents in Nov '05. In Jun '03: 8

82 per cent Iraqis who are "strongly opposed" to presence of coalition troops

15,955 US troops wounded in action
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:43 PM
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1. I've found people don't know how much $200bil is
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