1. War In Iraq By. Zach DeAprix

2. The United States Military Troops in Iraq = Total 115,000 U.S. troops as of November 30, 2009. All other nations have withdrawn their troops. U.S. Troop Casualties= 4,379 US troops; 98% male. 91% non-officers; 82% active duty, 11% National Guard; 74% Caucasian, 9% African-American, 11% Latino. 19% killed by non-hostile causes. 54% of US casualties were under 25 years old. 72% were from the US Army Non-U.S. Troop Casualties = Total 316, with 179 from the UK US Troops Wounded - 31,669 through September 30, 2009, 20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries. Total excludes psychological injuries. US Troops with Serious Mental Health Problems = 30% of US troops develop serious mental health problems within 3 to 4 months of returning home US Military Helicopters Downed in Iraq = 73 total, at least 36 by enemy fire

3. Cost Of The War Spent & Approved War Spending came to about $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through Sept 2010. as of Oct 2009 the U.S. 2009 Monthly Spending in Iraq came to $7.3 billion U.S. 2008 Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008 Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 Congressional Research Service Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 million in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles. Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007 Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion Number of major U.S. bases in Iraq is up to 75 Over all with everything added in the war comes to around 3 Trillion dollars

4. Iraq Today

5. Life In Iraq Iraqis Displaced Inside Iraq, by Iraq War, as of May 2007 - 2,255,000 Iraqi Refugees in Syria & Jordan - 2.1 million to 2.25 million Iraqi Unemployment Rate - 27 to 60%, where curfew not in effect Consumer Price Inflation in 2006 - 50% Iraqi Children Suffering from Chronic Malnutrition - 28% in June 2007 Percent of professionals who have left Iraq since 2003 - 40% Iraqi Physicians Before 2003 Invasion - 34,000 Iraqi Physicians Who Have Left Iraq Since 2005 Invasion - 12,000 Iraqi Physicians Murdered Since 2003 Invasion - 2,000 Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity for about 1 to 2 hours per day Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity - 10.9 in May 2007 Average Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 5.6 in May 2007 Pre-War Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 16 to 24 Number of Iraqi Homes Connected to Sewer Systems - 37% Iraqis without access to adequate water supplies - 70% Water Treatment Plants Rehabilitated - 22%