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1000 Days of War: By the Numbers
Published 12.13.2005 by Scott Webster | E-mail this post
$204.4billion The cost to the US of the war so far. The UK's bill up until March 2005 was £3.1 billion2,339 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 centIraqis who are "strongly opposed" to presence of coalition troops 15,955 US troops wounded in action
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