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Grim Statistics - Part One
BoomanTribune | November 1, 2005
There is a little-known report known asthe National Security Index, put out periodically by the Senate Democratic
Policy Committee. It contains some truly grim statistics that are rarely reported by the mainstream media even though the report is available on the Committee's web site, along
with footnotes documenting every statistic.
Iraq Statistics From the October 17, 2005 National Security Index:
General:
. Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq: 152,000
. Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.: 87.4
. Weeks since the Pentagon developed a plan to draw down U.S.
forces in Iraq to roughly 40,000 by mid-2005: 104* (now 106)
. Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations
so far: $218 billion
. Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I: $205 billion
. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) found: 0
. Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq: 1,962* (now 2,027)
. Number killed since the President announced the end of major
combat: 1,823* (now 1,883)
. Number reported wounded by the Defense Department: 15,063* (now
15,220)
. Approximate number of medical evacuations of U.S. military
personnel performed since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom: 55,000
actual wounded or medical problems
. Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through August
27, 2005: 300
. Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam
War: 97
Below the fold are more Iraq statistics from the
October 17,
2005 Report:
Iraq Statistics From the October 17, 2005 National Security Index:
(continued)
General (continued):
. Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began
(June 2003): 3,339
. Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003): 5,000
. Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (June 2005): 15 - 20,000
. Estimated number of 86 Iraqi military battalions that are capable
of operating independently: 1
. Total amount of taxpayers' money spent by Halliburton that the
Defense Contract Audit Agency has deemed either excessive or insufficiently
documented: $1.47 billion
. Total number of nations contributing troops to Iraq as part of
President Bush's "coalition of the willing" at some point during the war: 37
. Number of these nations that either have withdrawn or plan to
withdraw their troops from the coalition: 14 = 23 other nations
remaining "coalition of the willing"
. Average size of troop contributions by nations with troops
currently deployed to Iraq, excluding the United States, United Kingdom,
South Korea, and Italy: 186
. Amount of the $13.6 billion pledged by the international
community for Iraq's reconstruction that has been dispersed: $2.9 billion
. Rank of September 2005 among months with the highest number of
multiple-fatality bombings: 1
Iraq: The Constitutional Referendum and the Way Forward:
. Estimated voter turnout for the October 15 constitutional
referendum in Iraq: 63-64%
. Estimated percentage of Sunnis who voted against ratifying the
constitution in Sunni-dominated areas such as al Anbar province: 85-95%
. Number of the constitution's 130 clauses that remained incomplete
prior to the referendum: 50
. Average weekly insurgent attacks during the period prior to the
referendum (August-October 2005): 570
. Average weekly insurgent attacks during the period prior to the
previous election (November 2004-January 2005): 515
. Total number of trained Iraqi Security Force (ISF) personnel that
Bush Administration planners believe will be needed by 2007 to assume
responsibility for securing the nation: 325,000
. Total number of ISF personnel the Administration currently
reports as trained: 199,400
. Number of 88 Iraqi Army battalions currently able to conduct
operations independent of U.S. forces: 1
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