life in the desert

Friday, June 17, 2005

War-Oh- Good God! What Is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing! Say it again!

821 Days since the war began.

152,000 Estimated number of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq.

200 Billions of dollars spent on the war.

7 Billions spent every month to maintain occupation.

1,713 U.S. troops killed in Iraq since invasion on March 19, 2003.

11,285 U.S. troops wounded since March 19, 2003.

2,346 Iraqi military and police killed,

June 2003-June 15, 2005.22,300-25,300 Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the war.

285 Multiple-casualty bombings by insurgents as of June 15, 2005.

203 Foreign citizens kidnapped since May 2003.

# Posted by Marybeth @ | 11:21 PM

2 Comments:

At least I'm "glad" (?) someone's counting the Iraqi deaths. That tally is cited so seldom in the media, compared to the very scrupulous tallying of American dead, that I've found the discrepancy, especially given the discrepancy in numbers, pretty disturbing.

By Paul, at 4:24 PM

nice work, mb.
the numbers are devasting. so are the pictures of the "collateral damage", and the coffins of our fallen soldiers. the truth is getting out there now-thanks.

By Anne, at 6:16 PM

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