No End In Sight BY Kiera Blais English 12 Period 2
Stats about the war Official number Wounded as of 2/25/11: Estimated number of over Deaths: 4,439 In combat: 3,503 Iraqi Civilian Deaths: 99,980 to 109,230 Cost of war: 1,163,469,400,000
Policy Decisions 1.No Provisional Government: Iraq now has a 275 member council of representatives. Iraq has a federal government Iraqis are able to vote Iraqis that voted got “finger-printed”
DeBa’athification Some previous Ba’ath party members are being considered to get public sector work g/wikipedia/commons/thu mb/8/8a/ _CPAOR D_1_De- Ba_athification_of_Iraqi_So ciety_.pdf/page1-463px _CPAORD_1_De- Ba_athification_of_Iraqi_So ciety_.pdf.jpg
Disbanding the Iraq military The army was brought back. The U.S helped train the army Iraq now has: A National Guard,
Abu Ghraib Prison… Maltreatment Aggravated assault Battery Rape One prisoner Manadel al- Jamadi was tortured after being interrogated He was left strappado hanging He did not make it and the U.S military ruled it as a homicide Strappado hanging is when the victim is hung by his wrists and his hands tied behind his back. Another man was told to lay on one stretcher while a U.S sergeant put another stretcher on top of him and sat on him…he to died.
Other info… Of the 4,439 Americans killed in Iraq: – 98% were male – 91% were non officers – 82% were on active duty – 11% were in the National Guard – 74% Caucasian – 9% African American – 11% Latino – 19% killed for non hostile causes Continued – 54% were under 25 years of age – 72% were from the U.S army 20% of the troops wounded have a serious brain injury or spinal injury 30% of the troops developed serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home