1. By: Zachariah Patrick Dooley

2. To date there have been causalities among American and Iraqi troops. 32,987 U.S. troops have been wounded since the war began in 2003. This is as of February 17 th. Since the war began there has been 4,439 U.S. troops that have died.

12. Sources http://costofwar.com/en/ http://antiwar.com/casualties/ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washin gton/19cost.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washin gton/19cost.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle- east-11107739 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle- east-11107739 http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsec urit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsec urit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm