Iraq War Results & Statistics as of May 16, 2007

May 29, 2007 12:47 pm The Oracle

Iraq War Results & Statistics as of May 16, 2007
Deborah White, Author: ‘Your Guide to Liberal Politics; US
(I) US SPENDING IN IRAQ

(A) Spent & Approved War-Spending - $505 billion of US taxpayers’ funds. President Bush is expected to request another $100 billion in war-spending for 2007 and $140 billion for 2008, which would bring the cumulative total to over $700 billion.

(B) Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers’ money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors

(C) Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings
Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion

(II) TROOPS IN IRAQ
Iraqi Troops Fully Trained and Able to Function Independent of U.S. Forces - 6,000 as of May 2007 (per NBC’s “Meet the Press” on May 20, 2007)
Troops in Iraq - Total 161,898, including 149,700 from the US, 7,100 from the UK, 2,300 from South Korea and 2,798 from all other nations
US Troop Casualities - 3,401 US troops; 98% male. 90% non-officers; 78% active duty, 13% National Guard; 74% Caucasian, 10% African-American, 11% Latino. 18% killed by non-hostile causes. 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old. 68% were from the US Army
Non-US Troop Casualties - Total 275, with 147 from the UK
US Troops Wounded - 25,378, 20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries (total excludes psychological injuries)
US Troops with Serious Mental Health Problems 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home
US Military Helicopters Downed in Iraq - 61 total, at least 32 by enemy fire

More Stats at: http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

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