Spent & Approved War-Spending:
Approximately $600 Billion
Another $200 Billion For 2008
U.S. Monthly Spending in Iraq: $12 Billion in 2008
Cost of Deploying One U.S. Soldier for One Year In Iraq: $390,000
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq:
$9 Billion of U.S. Taxpayers’ Money
$549.7 Milion in Spare Parts Shipped in 2004 to U.S. Contractors.
Weapons: 190,000 Guns (including 110,000 AK-47 rifles)
Missing: $1 billion in Tractor Trailers, Tank Recovery Vehicles, Machine Guns, Rocket-Propelled Grenades and Other Equipment and Services Provided to the Iraqi Security Forces.
Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq: $10 Billion
Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported: $1.4 Billion
Amount Paid to KBR (a former Halliburton division) to Supply U.S. Military in Iraq with Food, Fuel, Housing and Other Items: $20 Billion
Portion of the $20 Billion Paid to KBR that Pentagon Auditors Deem “questionable or supportable”: $3.2 Billion
Number of Major U.S. Bases in Iraq: 75
Iraqi Troops Trained and Able to Function Independent of U.S. Forces: 6,000
Troops in Iraq: Total 164,970
U.S.: 155,000
U.K.: 4,500
Georgia: 2,000
Poland: 900
South Korea: 650
Other Nations Combined: 1,920
U.S. Troop Casualities: 4,021
98% Male
90% Non-Officers
80% Active Duty
12% National Guard
74% Caucasian
10% African-American
11% Latino
18% Killed by Non-Hostile Causes
51% of US casualties were under 25 years old
70% were from the US Army
Non-U.S. Troop Casualties: 309
U.K.: 176
U.S. Troops Wounded: 29,628
20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries (total excludes psychological injuries)
U.S. Troops with Serious Mental Health Problems: 30% develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home
U.S. Military Helicopters Downed in Iraq: 68
36 by Enemy Fire
Private Contractors Working in Support of US Army Troops:
180,000 +
Journalists Killed: 127
84 by Murder
43 by Acts of War
Journalists Killed by U.S. Forces: 14
Iraqi Police and Soldiers Killed: 8,145
Estimated Iraqi Civilians Killed: Approximately 500,000 +
Estimated Iraqi Insurgents Killed: 55,000
Estimated Non-Iraqi Contractors and Civilian Workers Killed: 550
Non-Iraqi Kidnapped: 305
147 Released
94 Status Unknown
54 Killed
6 Rescued
4 Escaped
Daily Insurgent Attacks, Feb 2004: 14
Daily Insurgent Attacks, July 2005: 70
Daily Insurgent Attacks, May 2007: 163
Estimated Insurgency Strength, Nov 2003: 15,000
Estimated Insurgency Strength, Oct 2006: 20,000 - 30,000
Estimated Insurgency Strength, June 2007: 70,000
Iraqis Displaced Inside Iraq, by Iraq War, as of May 2007: 2,255,000
Iraqi Refugees in Syria & Jordan: 2.1 million to 2.25 million
Iraqi Unemployment Rate: 27% to 60% (where curfew not in effect)
Consumer Price Inflation in 2006 : 50%
Iraqi Children Suffering from Chronic Malnutrition: 28%
Percent of Professionals Who Have Left Iraq Since 2003: 40%
Iraqi Physicians Before 2003 Invasion : 34,000
Iraqi Physicians Who Have Left Iraq Since 2005 Invasion: 12,000
Iraqi Physicians Murdered Since 2003 Invasion: 2,000
Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Had Electricity: 10.9 hrs
Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity: 1 - 2 hrs
Average Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Had Electricity: 16 to 24
Average Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity: 5.6
Number of Iraqi Homes Connected to Sewer Systems: 37%
Iraqis Without Access to Adequate Water Supplies: 70%
Water Treatment Plants Rehabilitated: 22%
Iraqis “strongly opposed to presence of coalition troops”: 82%
Iraqis Who Believe Coalition Forces Are Responsible For Any Improvement In Security: Less than 1%
Iraqis Who Feel Less Secure Because of the Occupation: 67%
Iraqis Who Do Not Have Confidence In Multi-National Forces: 72%
Many of these figures are estimates and from mid-2007. Be sure that most estimates will increase when the new statistics report is released.
