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This article is a bit dated but it sheds a light on the actual cost of the war in Iraq. It cost the average american household $3,415 to occupy Iraq for a total of 151.1 billion dollars over the last fiscal year. Another $60 billion has been allocated for after the election
151.1 billion could have paid for:
health care for over 27 million uninsured Americans
salaries for nearly 3 million elementary school teachers
678,200 new fire engines
over 20 million Head Start slots for children
health care coverage for 82 million children
other facts on the cost of war:
cost to americans:
U.S. military casualties (wounded and killed) stand at a monthly average of 747 since the "transition" June 28, 2004
About 64 percent of the more than 7,000 U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq received wounds that prevented them from returning to duty
in July 2004 that 1 in 6 soldiers returning from war in Iraq showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, or severe anxiety.
cost to iraqis:
September 22, 2004, between 12,800 and 14,843 Iraqi civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. invasion and ensuing occupation, while an estimated 40,000 Iraqis have been injured. During "major combat" operations, between 4,895 and 6,370 Iraqi soldiers and insurgents were killed.
Violent deaths rose from an average of 14 per month in 2002 to 357 per month in 2003.
A poll conducted by the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies in June 2004 found that 80 percent of Iraqis believe that coalition forces should leave either immediately or directly after the election.
While the Bush administration now claims that unemployment has dropped, the U.S. is only employing 120,000 Iraqis, of a workforce of 7 million, in reconstruction projects.
In addition to the widely publicized humiliation and torture of prisoners, abuse has been widespread throughout the post-9-11 military operations, with over 300 allegations of abuse in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo. As of mid-August 2004, only 155 investigations into the existing 300 allegations had been completed.
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151.1 billion could have paid for:
health care for over 27 million uninsured Americans
salaries for nearly 3 million elementary school teachers
678,200 new fire engines
over 20 million Head Start slots for children
health care coverage for 82 million children
other facts on the cost of war:
cost to americans:
U.S. military casualties (wounded and killed) stand at a monthly average of 747 since the "transition" June 28, 2004
About 64 percent of the more than 7,000 U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq received wounds that prevented them from returning to duty
in July 2004 that 1 in 6 soldiers returning from war in Iraq showed signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, or severe anxiety.
cost to iraqis:
September 22, 2004, between 12,800 and 14,843 Iraqi civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S. invasion and ensuing occupation, while an estimated 40,000 Iraqis have been injured. During "major combat" operations, between 4,895 and 6,370 Iraqi soldiers and insurgents were killed.
Violent deaths rose from an average of 14 per month in 2002 to 357 per month in 2003.
A poll conducted by the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies in June 2004 found that 80 percent of Iraqis believe that coalition forces should leave either immediately or directly after the election.
While the Bush administration now claims that unemployment has dropped, the U.S. is only employing 120,000 Iraqis, of a workforce of 7 million, in reconstruction projects.
In addition to the widely publicized humiliation and torture of prisoners, abuse has been widespread throughout the post-9-11 military operations, with over 300 allegations of abuse in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo. As of mid-August 2004, only 155 investigations into the existing 300 allegations had been completed.
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