Thursday, January 24, 2008

Iraq War

Number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq prior to President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003
139

Number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq as of January 3, 2008
3,907

Number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq prior to "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003
542

Number of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq as of January 2, 2008
28,661

Number of Iraqi deaths after the U.S. invasion
1,139,602

Source: iCasualties.org. "Iraq Coalition Casualty Count." January 3, 2008; Just Foreign Policy. "Iraqi Deaths Due to U.S. Invasion." January 3, 2008.

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