 July/August 2004
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Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War Excerpted from a study by the Institute for Policy Studies (www.ips-dc.org) and Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org). Citations and the full report are available on their website at www.ips-dc.org/iraq/costsofwar/
1. Total number of coalition military deaths between the start of war and June 16, 2004: 952 (836 US) 2. Of those 952, the number killed after President George W. Bush declared "an end to major combat operations" on May 1, 2003: 693 3. Number of US troops wounded in combat since the war began: 5,134 (Number ill or injured in "non-combat" incidents estimated to be over 11,000) 4. Number of US troops wounded in combat since President George W. Bush declared "an end to major combat operations" on May 1, 2003: 4,593 5. Number of civilian contractors, missionaries, and civilian workers killed: 50-90 6. Number of international media workers killed: 30 7. Iraqi civilians killed: 9,436 to 11,317 8. Iraqi civilians injured: 40,000 (est.) 9. Iraqi soldiers and insurgents killed prior to May 1, 2003: 4,895 to 6,370 10. The bill so far: $126.1 billion 11. Additional amount to cover operations through 2004: $25 billion
12. What $151 billion could have paid for
in the US:
13. Amount contractor Halliburton is alleged to have charged for meals never served to troops and for cost overruns on fuel deliveries: $221 million 14. Kickbacks received by Halliburton employees from subcontractors: $6 million 15. Percentage of Iraqis who said they would feel safer if US and other foreign troops left the country immediately: 55 16. Percentage of soldiers who said they would not re-enlist: 50 17. Number of soldiers whose tours of duty have been involuntarily extended by the Army: 20,000 18. Fraction of National Guard troops among US force now in Iraq: 1/3 19. Percentage of US police departments missing officers due to Iraq deployments: 44 20. Effect on al Qaeda of the Iraq war, according to International Institute for Strategic Studies: "Accelerated recruitment" 21. Percentage of Iraqis expressing "no confidence" in US civilian authorities or coalition forces: 80 22. Iraq's oil production in 2002: 2.04 million barrels/day 23. Iraq's oil production in 2003: 1.33 million barrels/day 24. Percentage of US soldiers in Iraq reporting low morale: 52
25. Percentage of Americans who now feel that
"the situation in Iraq was not worth going to war over.":
54 
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