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• 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.: Housing vouchers: 23 millionHealth care for uninsured Americans: 27 mil.Salaries for elementary school teachers: 3 mil.New fire engines: 678,200Head 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 reenlist: 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 $2Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War Hot facts from the study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy In Focus Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War by Phyllis Bennis and the IPS Iraq Task Force: Sarah Anderson, JohnCavanagh, Karen Dolan, Erik Leaver, Miriam Pemberton, Amy Quinn, Marc Raskin, Michael Sochynsky, Adam Waxman, and Emira Woods. Released June 24, 2004. Full 54-page report available online at http://www.ips-dc.org/iraq/costsofwar The Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-234-9382, fax 202-387-7915, http://www.ips-dc.org. Foreign Policy In Focus, http://www.fpif.org
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