{"id":2153,"date":"2005-12-15T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/1000-days-of-war\/"},"modified":"2005-12-15T07:52:19","modified_gmt":"2005-12-15T12:52:19","slug":"1000-days-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/1000-days-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"1000 days of war"},"content":{"rendered":"

the independent<\/a> has done a bit of a retrospective on 1000 days of war in iraq<\/a>, including a most interesting “by the numbers<\/a>” summary. some numbers…<\/p>\n

$204.4 billion The cost to the US of the war so far. The UK’s bill up until March 2005 was \u00a33.1 billion
\n2, 339 Allied troops killed
\n98 UK troops killed
\n30, 000 Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths
\n0 Number of WMDs found
\n8 per cent of Iraqi children suffering acute malnutrition
\n$35,819m World Bank estimated cost of reconstruction
\n53,470 Iraqi insurgents killed
\n67 per cent Iraqis who feel less secure because of occupation
\n$343 Average monthly salary for an Iraqi soldier. Average monthly salary for an American soldier in Iraq: $4,160.75
\n66 journalists killed in Iraq. Journalists killed during Vietnam war: 63
\n5 foreign civilians kidnapped per month
\n47% Iraqis who never have enough electricity
\n20 casualties per month from unexploded mines
\n20% Inflation rate 2005
\n25-40 per cent Estimated unemployment rate, Nov 2005
\n251 Foreigners kidnapped
\n70 per cent of Iraqi’s whose sewage system rarely works
\n183,000 British and American troops are still in action in Iraq. There are 162,000 US troops and 8,000 British with 13,000 from other nations
\n90 Daily attacks by insurgents in Nov ’05. In Jun ’03: 8
\n82% Iraqis who are “strongly opposed” to presence of coalition troops
\n15,955 US troops wounded in action<\/p>\n

and, to add some meta-roj-math to these numbers… just for some skewed perspective on the effort:<\/p>\n

$686 cost of the war to date for each us resident<\/a>
\n\u00a351 cost of the war to date for each uk resident<\/\n$8050 cost of us+uk campaigns per iraqi resident<\/a> (\u00a33.1b = us$5.5b)<\/p>\n

$54.4 billion iraqi gdp<\/a><\/p>\n

3.86 price-to-gdp ratio, to date.<\/p>\n

also worth noting is that president bush thinks it’s about 30,000 dead iraqis<\/a>. the independent has 30,000 dead civilians, plus another 53,470 insurgents, for a total of 83,470 dead iraqis. there are even other estimates<\/a> – more like 100,000, maybe 194,000.<\/p>\n

update<\/strong> (2005.12.15): i just noticed that there are deaths caused by “unexploded mines” in this report. i can only imagine how dangerous the exploded ones are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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