sum numbers: iraq war version
the institute for policy studies has a new report out called "Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War"
A Study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy In Focus
here are the numbers:
* Total number of coalition military deaths between the start of war
and June 16, 2004: 952 (836 U.S.)
* Of those 952, the number killed after President George W. Bush
declared an end to major combat operations on May 1, 2003: 693
* Number of U.S. troops wounded in combat since the war began: 5,134
(Number ill or injured in "non-combat" incidents estimated to be
over 11,000)
* Number of U.S. troops wounded in combat since President George W.
Bush declared an end to major combat operations on May 1, 2003:
4,593
* Number of civilian contractors, missionaries, and civilian workers
killed: 50-90
* Number of international media workers killed: 30
* Iraqi civilians killed: 9,436 to 11,317
* Iraqi civilians injured: 40,000 (est.)
* Iraqi soldiers and insurgents killed prior to May 1, 2003: 4,895
to 6,370
* The bill so far: $126.1 billion
* Additional amount to cover operations through 2004: $25 billion
* What $151 billion could have paid for in the U.S.:
o Housing vouchers: 23 million
o Health care for uninsured Americans: 27 mil.
o Salaries for elementary school teachers: 3 mil.
o New fire engines: 678,200
o Head Start slots: 20 million
* Estimated long-term cost of war to every U.S. household: $3,415
* Amount contractor Halliburton is alleged to have charged for meals
never served to troops and for cost overruns on fuel deliveries:
$221 million
* Kickbacks received by Halliburton employees from subcontractors:
$6 million
* Percentage of Americans who now feel that the situation in Iraq
was not worth going to war over: 54
* Percentage of Iraqis who said they would feel safer if U.S. and
other foreign troops left the country immediately: 55
* Percentage of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reporting low morale: 52
* Percentage of soldiers who said they would not re-enlist: 50
* Percentage of wounded unable to return to duty: 64
* Number of soldiers whose tours of duty have been extended by the
Army: 20,000
* Percentage of reserve troops who earn lower salaries while on
deployment: 30-40
* Fraction of National Guard troops among U.S. force now in Iraq: 1/3
* Percentage of U.S. police departments missing officers due to Iraq
deployments: 44
* Effect on al Qaeda of the Iraq war, according to International
Institute for Strategic Studies: Accelerated recruitment
* Estimated number of al Qaeda terrorists as of May 2004: 18,000
with 1,000 active in Iraq
* Percentage of Iraqis expressing "no confidence" in U.S. civilian
authorities or coalition forces: 80
* Iraq's oil production in 2002: 2.04 mil. barrels/day
* Iraq's oil production in 2003: 1.33 mil. barrels/day
* Price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. in May 2004: more than $2
just in case you weren't getting this information from your local evening news...



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