J.M. Bell

Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq:

147,000

Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.:

87

Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far:

$379 billion

Estimated total cost of operations in Iraq by war’s end:

$549 billion – $1.27 trillion

Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I (in inflation-adjusted dollars):

$205 billion

Approximate amount the U.S. is spending in Iraq per month in Fiscal Year 2006 (including operational and investment costs):

$8 billion

Approximate amount the U.S. spent in Iraq per month in Fiscal Year 2003 (including operational and investment costs):

$4.4 billion

Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq:

2,690

Number reported wounded by the Defense Department:

20,322

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through September 2, 2006:

374

Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War:

97

Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began in June 2003:

5,409

Number of journalists killed in Iraq:

77

Number of journalists killed in Vietnam:

63

Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003):

5,000

Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (August 2006):

20,000 +

Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in May 2003:

100

Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in August 2006:

800 – 2,000

Number of civilian casualties in Iraq since U.S.-led invasion:

43,300 – 48,000

Number of multi-fatality bombings in August 2004:

13

Number of multi-fatality bombings in August 2006:

52

Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in August 2004:

47

Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in August 2006:

90