2.  U.S. Military deaths: about 4,368  U.S. Military wounded: about 31,572  Allied Military deaths: 318 › Killed from Britain and other nations  U.S. Civilian deaths: 179 › Contractors killed during reconstruction effort  Iraqi Civilians (estimates) › Minimum count: 94,279 › Maximum count: 102,879  Economic costs › Total cost of wars since 2001: $971,551,600,000 › Cost in war in Iraq: $712,067,100,000 › Cost in war in Afghanistan: $259,484,700,000

3.  Lingering tension and hostility left over from the Gulf War in 1991 › Iraqi troops were forced out of Kuwait › Iraqi government agreed to surrender and destroy weapons › Over the years, Iraqi air-defense forces fired missiles and other weapons at the Allied warplanes in unsuccessful attempts to shoot them down  Terrorist attacks on the U.S. on 9/11/2001 › The U.S. government insisted on total Iraqi disarmament › In 2003, George Bush said that Saddam Hussein and his sons can either enter into exile within 48 hours or face military conflict › Saddam refused, therefore, Bush ordered war

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