Iraq by the Numbers
An update after three years of the mission.
122: Number of obituaries Seattle Weekly has published about Washington service members killed in Iraq since war was launched March 20, 2003.
73: Children left behind by Washington service members killed in Iraq.
49: Widows, and one widower, left behind.
2,300: American service members killed since war began.
2,172: Killed since George Bush's May 1, 2003, "Mission Accomplished" speech.
6,500: Troops wounded in action in Iraq.
20,000: Troops evacuated with medical/psychological conditions.
18,000: Armored vests recalled because they weren't bulletproof.
$100,000: Per-minute cost of war in Iraq.
$493 billion: Amount Pentagon says it needs to operate this fiscal year.
$583 billion: What it will actually cost.
$8: Daily amount wounded troops are personally charged for hospital meals.
25: Estimated number of service members who committed suicide in Iraq.
35: Percentage of Iraq veterans accessing mental health services after returning home.
11: Homicides and suicides in Western Washington since 2003 involving active servicemen or veterans of Iraq.
6: Wives slain, along with one girlfriend and a child.
0: Weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq.
randerson@seattleweekly.com
