THE IRAQ WAR

Connor Bean

Current Costs of The War in Iraq Cost Per Taxpayer: $5,340 Cost per person: $2,420 Cost per Household: $6,337 Cost in Schenectady County:

$474,514,966 Cost in New York:$63,876,651,349 Cost in US:$712,051,569,194

Current Costs of The War in Afganistan Cost Per Taxpayer: $1,945 Cost per Person: $882 Cost per Household: $2,309 Cost In Schenectady County:

$172,910,211 Cost in New York:$23,276,247,894 Cost in US:$259,467,177,889

Costs All Together For The Entire US

$971,519,062,278 The number keeps rising every

second. $5,000 Every Second

Iraqi War Death Toll

US: 4,383 UK: 179 Other: 139 Total= 4,701 (and counting)

IRAQ WAR WOUNDED (AS OF DECEMBER 2009)

Army: 21,937 Marine: 8,623 Navy: 633 Air Force: 423 Total= 31,616

Iraqi Body Count

95,639 – 104,338 All of these casualties are a result from

all violent related crimes in Iraq since 2003.

Current Iraq Policies

Obama’s Plan- Obama’s plan was to have a 16 month timetable in which he would remove most if not all troops in Iraq. The Bush administration, however, ordered 30,000 extra troops last year, the violence has fallen 80%. Even though the violence rate has dropped Obama would still like to set up a timetable to withdrawal most if not all troops.

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