3,292 American soldiers dead and 24,645 wounded in Iraq


As of April 9, 3,292 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the war began and at least 24,645 have been wounded. 11,030 of the wounded were hurt seriously enough that they could not be returned to duty within 72 hours. Over 61,202 Iraqi civilians have been killed according to the Iraq Body Count website.



(The above charts of U.S. military fatalities are based on the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count web site, which gets its numbers from public data provided by the U.S. government. The numbers of wounded are from the Department of Defense web site, as of Apr. 10 at 10 a.m.)

Additional "coalition" deaths include: 140 Britain, 33 Italy, 18 Ukraine, 19 Poland, 13 Bulgaria, 11 Spain, 6 Denmark, 5 El Salvador, 4 Slovakia, 3 Latvia, 2 Thailand, 2 Estonia, 2 Netherlands, 2 Australia, 2 Romania, 1 Hungary, and 1 Kazakhstan.

The Iraq Body Count web site reports that between 61,202 and 67,146 Iraqi civilians have been killed as a result of the military intervention in Iraq.

According to the Cost of War site, the war in Iraq has currently cost the U.S. in excess of $416,194,000,000.

See also: Iran: Consequences of a War by the independent think tank Oxford Research Group.

Posted: Wednesday - April 11, 2007 at 09:50 AM          

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