Wednesday, March 19, 2008

5years: A number game

5 years

127 journalists killed (84 by murder and 43 KIA, of which 14 killed by US forces)

400,00 - 600,000 (est.) Iraqi civilians killed.

55,000 Iraqi insurgents killed

548 Contract workers killed

305 Non-Iraqis kidnapped (54 killed, 147 released, 4 escaped, 6 rescued and 94 status unknown.)

164,481 coalition troops deployed (155,000 from the US, 4,500 from the UK, 2,000 from Georgia, 900 from Poland, 650 from South Korea and 1,431 from all other nations.)

3,989 US soldiers killed

29,395 US soldiers wounded (5,879 of which, afflicted with serious brain or spinal injuries.)

$800 billion and counting at a current rate of $12 billion a month.

$4.6 billion: Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported

1 Government that attempts to limit press freedoms

1 Civil war that no one is acknowledging.

0 Exit strategies

Worth it?

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