The Cost of War in Iraq: Numbers That Add Up
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:36 am
The cost of the war in Iraq: Numbers that add up:
April 8th, 2008 by Office of the Speaker
· U.S. troops killed: 4,017
[Defense Department, 4/8/08]
· U.S. troops wounded: 29,676
[Defense Department, 4/8/08]
· U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 2001: Nearly 1.7 million
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more than once: More than 599,000
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· U.S. servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan who have children: 782,000
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· Percent of current and former military officers who believe the Iraq war has “stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin:” 88%
[Foreign Policy/Center for New American Security, 2/19/08]
· Amount the United States is spending on the war in Iraq every month: $10.3 billion
[Congressional Research Service, 2/22/08]
The Cost of Iraq War Broken Down
Second: $3,919
Minute: $235,160
Hour: $14.1 million
Day: $338.6 million
Week: $2.4 billion
Month: $10.3 billion
Year: $123.6 billion
[Congressional Research Service, 2/22/08]
Office of Nancy Pelosi: Fact Sheet
DAR
The US has now blown $25 billion on reconstruction in Iraq. Here is how that is going:
* 43% of population lives in absolute poverty
* prior to war 19% of children suffered malnutrition; today 28%
* last year 75% elementary-aged kids went to school; now 30%
* prior to war 50% lacked access to clean water; now 70%
* only 50 of 142 primary health care centes are open to public
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April 8th, 2008 by Office of the Speaker
· U.S. troops killed: 4,017
[Defense Department, 4/8/08]
· U.S. troops wounded: 29,676
[Defense Department, 4/8/08]
· U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 2001: Nearly 1.7 million
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more than once: More than 599,000
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· U.S. servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan who have children: 782,000
[Defense Department, 2/29/08]
· Percent of current and former military officers who believe the Iraq war has “stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin:” 88%
[Foreign Policy/Center for New American Security, 2/19/08]
· Amount the United States is spending on the war in Iraq every month: $10.3 billion
[Congressional Research Service, 2/22/08]
The Cost of Iraq War Broken Down
Second: $3,919
Minute: $235,160
Hour: $14.1 million
Day: $338.6 million
Week: $2.4 billion
Month: $10.3 billion
Year: $123.6 billion
[Congressional Research Service, 2/22/08]
Office of Nancy Pelosi: Fact Sheet
DAR
The US has now blown $25 billion on reconstruction in Iraq. Here is how that is going:
* 43% of population lives in absolute poverty
* prior to war 19% of children suffered malnutrition; today 28%
* last year 75% elementary-aged kids went to school; now 30%
* prior to war 50% lacked access to clean water; now 70%
* only 50 of 142 primary health care centes are open to public
LINK