[Peace-discussion] Day 1,225 of the Iraq War ...

[michelle]

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

 From the Pasadena Weekly's thecount
Day 1,225 of the Iraq War=85
As of Tuesday, day 1,225 of the Iraq War=85

* 2,561 American soldiers have been reported killed, according to the US =

Department of Defense. Associated Press, however, reported Monday that=20
the minimum number of American casualties in Iraq is 2,567.
* 18,988 soldiers have been reported wounded in action.*
* 39,284 is the minimum number of civilians killed in Iraq.
* $298.6 billion in taxpayer funds have been spent on the war.
* $144.4 million is Pasadena taxpayers=92 share; $3.1 billion is Los Ange=
les=92.

Since the last Count=85

* 8 more American soldiers have been reported killed.
* 161 more Iraqi civilians have been reported killed.
* 100 civilians were killed each day on average during May and June, the =

first two months of Iraq=92s new US-backed government, according to=20
Reuters. While Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denied the=20
possibility of an impending civil war, an unnamed Iraqi official said,=20
=93If this is not civil war =85 then I don=92t know what is.=94
* 14,000 Iraqis have died since January, CNN reported last week.
* 66 is the minimum number of civilians killed Sunday by three separate=20
car bombs, according to the Washington Post.
* 2 out of 5 Iraqis recently interviewed stated they had lost family=20
members or friends to insurgent violence, according to a survey released =

by Reuters Monday.

QUOTE:
=93They did [their job] honorably, they did it admirably,=94 said the=20
attorney for one of three soldiers being tried for the deaths of three=20
Iraqi men during a May mission. =93If they did want to kill these men,=20
they could have and been within the rules of engagement.=94 According to =

AP, the soldiers testified that they =93were under orders to =91kill all =

military age males.=92=94
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan=85

* 314 American soldiers have been reported killed.*
* 825 have been reported wounded in action.*
* 800 people have been killed since the middle of May, AP reported Monday=
=2E
* 35 vehicles carried =93hundreds=94 of Taliban soldiers to a government =

building where they killed 3 police officers and injured 7 on Monday,=20
according to reports by AP and the Washington Post.

COUNTDOWN: 832 days remain until the 2008 presidential election.

=97 Information compiled by Jon Lewis-Katz from reports by the US=20
Department of Defense, Iraq Body Count and the National Priorities=20
Project, unless otherwise noted.

*The Pentagon has not updated these statistics since the last Count.

07-27-2006