Another milestone in the Iraq War.It's 1,000 days old today.
There have been 2,146 American deaths and more than 15,000 wounded in combat. The Independent reports that 94% of the wounded recieved their injuries after the fall of Baghdad.
Some other numbers The Independent crunched:
- 2,339 Allied troops killed -- 2,140 American
- 30,000 Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths
- 0 Number of WMDs found
- 15,955 US troops wounded in action
- 66 journalists killed in Iraq. Journalists killed during Vietnam war: 63
- 90 Daily attacks by insurgents in November '05. In June '03: 8
$343 Average monthly salary for an Iraqi soldier. Average monthly salary for an American soldier in Iraq: $4,160.75 - 5 foreign civilians kidnapped per month
- 251 Foreigners kidnapped
- 20 casualties per month from unexploded mines
- 47 per cent Iraqis who never have enough electricity
- 70 per cent of Iraqi's whose sewage system rarely works
(The Independent)
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2 comments:
Interesting post. I don't know a lot about statistics but some things jumped out at me while i was reading:
30,000 Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths -- Nearly all of these due to terrorists...please don't get them and us confused.
0 Number of WMDs found -- Everyone, including most democrat senators and Mr. Clinton, also believed WMDs were there, and supported the use of force against iraq. But since that's not why we went to war, it doesn't really matter much.
66 journalists killed in Iraq. Journalists killed during Vietnam war: 63 -- Of course there will be more journalists killed now because we now have embedded reporting...that didn't exist in the 60s.
$343 Average monthly salary for an Iraqi soldier. Average monthly salary for an American soldier in Iraq: $4,160.75 -- Maybe now that real elections are happening they will get the pay they deserve? Just a thought.
5 foreign civilians kidnapped per month; 251 Foreigners kidnapped -- again, due to terrorists. not us.
47 per cent Iraqis who never have enough electricity; 70 per cent of Iraqi's whose sewage system rarely works -- First of all these numbers are disputable. But thanks to the US there's no more mass murder, rape, pillaging, etc. from the government. If you can whine about electricity after living under a cruel and ruthless dictator for decades -- particularly whine to the people who took him down -- then you don't have much to complain about. Plus even if there was zero electricity, that doesn't necessarily speak badly about the war, but the prewar infrastructure built by Hussein's regime.
thanks for letting me vent a bit!
Civilian deaths also include the initial invasion. So, yes, a lot of them were killed by both sides.
WMDs...sorry, but even Paul Wolfowitz said that was THE reason we went to war. Mr Clinton did believe they were there, and unleashed Operation Desert Fox to destroy them in December 1988. President Bush's commission found that raid apparently destroyed them all. Most of the Democratic quotes I've seen about WMDs were made either before Desert Fox or after Bush began selling the idea that Saddam had them again.
Few if any journalists have been killed while being embedded with Coalition forces. They tend to die when they try to go out in to the country to cover all that "good news" going on out there.
"Due to the terrorists and not us" -- but aren't we supposed to be stopping the terrorists? I think I've seen a post here about 58 terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 9-11. If the Bushwhackers can't stop hippies here.....
Electricity and water are vital. That's fewer people than had water and electric services under Saddam.
And the beatings still continue, though now we support it and have reopened gulags in eastern Europe to help the Iraqis out.
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