Mission NOT Accomplished
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The Cost of War Since 'Mission Accomplished' |
May 1, 2003 |
Five
Years Later |
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US TROOPS KILLED IN IRAQ (http://www.icasualties.org/oif/; as of 4/29/08)
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139 |
4,056 |
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US TROOPS WOUNDED IN IRAQ (http://www.icasualties.org/oif/; as of 4/22/08)
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524 |
29,829 |
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IRAQI CIVILIANS KILLED IN THE WAR (World Health Organization & New England Journal of Medicine, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22578010/; Brookings Institute, Iraq Index, http://www.brookings.edu/saban/~/media/Files/Centers/Saban/Iraq%20Index/index.pdf)
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N/A |
~200,000 |
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IRAQI CIVILIANS FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES (United Nations; http://www.unhcr.org/iraq.html)
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N/A |
~ 4.7 million |
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US TROOPS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ (Brookings Institute, Iraq Index, http://www.brookings.edu/saban/~/media/Files/Centers/Saban/Iraq%20Index/index.pdf)
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150,000 |
155,000 |
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FOREIGN TROOPS IN "COALITION OF THE WILLING" (Brookings Institute, Iraq Index, http://www.brookings.edu/saban/~/media/Files/Centers/Saban/Iraq%20Index/index.pdf)
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23,000 |
9,891 |
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TOTAL DIRECT COST (Brookings Institute, Iraq Index, http://www3.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
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$53 billion |
$525.9 billion |
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IMPACT OF THE WAR ON THE US ECONOMY (Congressional Joint Economic Committee Report)
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N/A |
$1.3 trillion |
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COST OF IRAQ WAR TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY (Congressional Joint Economic Committee Report)
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N/A |
$16,500 |
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AMERICANS WHO APPROVE OF BUSH'S HANDLING OF THE IRAQ WAR (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/postpoll_041408.html?sid=ST2008041403445)
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72% |
33% |
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PRICE OF OIL (Department of Energy; http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/crude2.html) |
~ $26 / bbl |
~ $116 / bbl
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