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War in Iraq today!

War in Iraq today!. There are about 49,700 troops in Iraq. The percentage of people in Iraq are 4,427 US troops; 98% male. 91% non-officers. 82% active duty. 11% National Guard. 74% Caucasian. 9% African-American. 11% Latino. 19% killed by non-hostile causes.

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War in Iraq today!

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  1. War in Iraq today!

  2. There are about 49,700 troops in Iraq. • The percentage of people in Iraq are 4,427 US troops; • 98% male. • 91% non-officers. • 82% active duty. • 11% National Guard. • 74% Caucasian. • 9% African-American. • 11% Latino. • 19% killed by non-hostile causes. • 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old. • 72% were from the US Army.

  3. Wounded or killed. • 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems. • 151,000 deaths-March 2003 to June 2006. • 601,027 violent deaths out of 654,965 excess deaths-March 2003 to June 2006. • 1,033,000 deaths as a result of the conflict-March 2003 to Aug 2007. • March 2003 to April 2009. • 98,170 — 107,152 civilian deaths as a result of the conflict. 150,726 civilian and combatant deaths March 2003 to Oct 2010. • 109,032 deaths Jan 2004 to Dec 2009.

  4. News! • There are fewer than 56,000 American troops left. • President Barack Obama declared an end to the American combat mission in Iraq. • YouTube - IRAQ WAR uncensored uncut must see!

  5. Cost. • $739,886,202,663 was the cost that has been spent on the war in Iraq since 2001. This price is going up rapidly every second. • Initial deployment of troops: $9 billion to $13 billion • Conducting the war: $6 billion to $9 billion per month • Returning forces to US: $5 billion to $7 billion • Temporary occupation of Iraq: $1 billion to $4 billion per month

  6. Work Cited. "Casualties of the Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War>. White, Deborah. "Iraq War Facts, Statistics at September 29, 2010, 2010 - Iraq War Casualties, Spending." Liberal & Progressive Politics & Perspectives. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. <http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm>. Wachter, Paul. "Iraqi Government News From AOL News." Top News & Analysis, US, World, Sports, Celebrity & Weird News. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2010. <http://www.aolnews.com/tag/iraqi-government/>. "COSTOFWAR.COM - The Cost of War." COSTOFWAR.COM - The Cost of War. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2010. <http://www.costofwar.com/>.

  7. Work Cited (cont.) MYERS, STEVEN LEE. "Iraq News - Breaking World Iraq News - The New York Times." Times Topics. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html>. "Estimated Costs of an Iraq War According to CBO." U.S. Government Info - Resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. <http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqwarcost.htm>.

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