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To: thames_sider who wrote (6762)	12/13/2005 2:10:06 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542002

Newspaper Marks 1000 Days of Iraq War with Key Stats editorandpublisher.com NEW YORK To mark what it called the "1000 Days" of the Iraq war, the London daily The Independent offered extensive coverage today, featuring a by-the-numbers approach. Here are some of their calculations: $204.4 billion: The cost to the U.S of the war so far. 2,339: Allied troops killed 15,955: US troops wounded in action 98: U.K troops killed 30,000 : Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths 0: Number of WMDs found 66: Journalists killed in Iraq. 63: Journalists killed during Vietnam war 8: per cent of Iraqi children suffering acute malnutrition 53,470: Iraqi insurgents killed 67: per cent Iraqis who feel less secure because of occupation $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 47: per cent Iraqis who never have enough electricity 20: casualties per month from unexploded mines 25-40: per cent Estimated unemployment rate, Nov 2005 251: Foreigners kidnapped 70: per cent of Iraqi's whose sewage system rarely works 183,000: British and American troops are still in action in Iraq. 13,000: from other nations 90: Daily attacks by insurgents in Nov '05. In Jun '03: 8 60-80: per cent Iraqis who are "strongly opposed" to presence of coalition troops * In an accompanying piece from Baghdad, the newspaper's Patrick Cockburn adds one more stat: A BBC poll yesterday showed that half of the Iraqis questioned say that Iraq needs a strong leader--while only 28 per cent cited democracy as a priority. "Iraqis are cynical about their political leaders," Cockburn writes. "The election results are likely to show that the great majority of Iraqis will vote along ethnic or religious lines as Shia, Sunni or Kurds. The country is turning from a unitary state into a confederation. "There is no sign yet of the thousand-day war ending. Every month up to a thousand fresh corpses arrive at the mortuary in Baghdad. A new Iraq is emerging but it is already drenched in blood."