Tuesday 20 March 2007

Iraq: 4 Years On And Counting

46 Months since George Bushs Missions Accomplished speech.
29,984
Chemical Munitions US Government said Saddam Hussein had.
10,000
Teaspoons" of anthrax US Government said Saddam Hussein had.
0
WMD's found
3218
US Deaths
134
UK Deaths
655,000
Iraqi deaths (Lancet)
95
Journalists killed
300
Non-Iraqi's Kidnapped
800
terrorist attacks per week avg (NY Times)
1.5m
Displaced Iraqis
$700b
Cost of War to US Government
£3.1b
Cost of War to UK Government
$9b
Lost & unaccounted for
9.6
Avg Hours homes have Electricity
$13b
Amount Halliburton and its divisions have have secured for contracts in Iraq
25%
Iraqi Children Suffering from Chronic Malnutrition
32%
Population with access to clean drinking water
25%
under-fives malnourished.
70%
schools closed due to insecurity, bombings, kidnappings.
82%
Iraqis "strongly opposed to presence of coalition troops

13 comments:

Daniel said...

Gee, Lucy, that list confirms what an outstandng success it's been. I can understand now why George is keen to get started in Iran now.

Of course, some people actually learn from their mistakes! Cheers.

Kos said...

Ugh.

Falling on a bruise said...

Every cloud has a silver lining apparently, hard to think of one from the Iraq adventure except Saddam is gone, but with hindsight, was it worth it?

Kos said...

No silver lining as far as I'm concerned. None. Perhaps there will be one someday, but I'm not sure what it will be.

Anonymous said...

More like an OILY lining......

Jodie Kash said...

So LucyP, is TonyB still planning a troop reduction within the year? I suggest beating GeorgeW with a banger to get that conversation going. We've done so much harm there and here in the U.S...the world, really.

Anonymous said...

I thought a "banger" was a sausage, or is that an old-fashioned meaning?

Jodie Kash said...

Yes, banger = sausage. My nod to LucyP ;)

Falling on a bruise said...

Banger, chipolata, a piece of 4x2, actually beating him with anything would be a good thing. As far as i know Jodie, there are still plans to start withdrawing our troops starting this summer. I just hope there is not plans to redeploy them to another middle eastern country next door.

Anonymous said...

No civilians killed by terrorists in the US since the invasion.

No more shut downs of the largest financial district in the world.

Could have been better:
Wish no Iraqi civilians suffered.
Wish no troops suffered.

But, worth it.

Anonymous said...

I said it before - if you really believe what you post, you won't do it anonymously.

Besides, it wasn't an "invasion". Invasions don't start at the INS office.

Paula said...

That wasn't me, btw, in case you were wondering, Joe. I'm not as attached to the coinkydink notion as I used to be. Plus, anonymizing is for wimps.

Anonymous said...

I didn't think it was you. I'm wondering NOW, though. :-)