| 3195:
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By the DoD (March 14, 2007)
 |
| Year |
US
Deaths |
US
Wounded |
| 2003 |
486 |
2408 |
| 2004 |
848 |
8000
|
| 2005 |
846 |
5946
|
| 2006 |
821 |
6382
|
| 2007 |
194 |
681
|
| Total |
3195 |
23417
|
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25%:
Percentage of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans filing injury claims with the
government...Of the nearly 690,000 veterans who served in those combat
zones, more than 180,000 had filed claims by the end of last year.
1/3:
Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received
care from Veterans Affairs between 2001 and 2005 were diagnosed with mental
health or psychosocial ills, a new study concludes.
 |
58,637
- >600,000: Estimates of number of civilians reported
killed by military intervention in Iraq (A team of American and Iraqi
epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq
since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died
if the invasion had not occurred.) |
769:
Number of contractors who have died (of various nationalities between
March 2003 and December 31, 2006).
7,761 wounded or injured, of which 3,367
required 4 or more days off the job.
16:
Number of countries who were originally members of the "coalition
of the willing" but have gone on to remove their troops.
67%:
Percentage of Americans who disapprove of the way Bush is handling the
situation in Iraq (Newsweek poll 3/1/07)
250,000:
troops from United States upon invasion--140,000
as of 2/07
45,000: troops
from United Kingdom upon invasion--7,100
as of 2/07
May
2, 2003: The day the President arrived on the deck of
an aircraft carrier and declared "Mission Accomplished."
$408,499,000,000:
Cost of war as of March 15, 2007
(Instead, we could have insured 244,437,881 children for one year. )
$142,000,000,000:
Money in supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
in FY08 alone.
36
million: Number of people across the globe took part in
almost 3,000 protests against the
Iraq war between January 3 and April 12, 2003.
Iraq
Coalition Casualty Count | Costofwar.com
What
is to be done?
DON'T shut up and sing. Make a lotta noise! We're
happy to borrow a phrase from the Dixie Chicks. KEEP UP
THE PRESSURE.
Please
join us this weekend, leading up to Monday, to mark the anniversary
of the war. It
is our country. It is our responsibility.
|
From
Molly Ivins' final column
We
are the people who run this country. We are the deciders.
And every single day, every single one of us needs
to step outside and take some action to help stop this war.
Raise
hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous.
Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them
out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge.
We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding,
"Stop it, now!" |
-
Put a sign in your yard with the number of the war dead (3195
today)
- Plant
a tree in their name
- Plant
some flowers in their name
- Ask
any group you are a part of and meeting that day to say a prayer
for peace; or to write their Members of Congress and urge an end
to the war
- Bang
pots and pans
- Light
a candle
- Send
a message to friends and relatives: ask them to go to our Action
Center -- any day, and time -- and send a message to Congress
or to a newspaper. www.wandactioncenter.org
- Wear
an armband (black or yellow).
- Join
others at rallies, marches, speakouts: Find
events in your area!
- More
events here.
Reading
of War Dead in Times Square
Anti-war
activists began a six day reading of the names of those who
have died in the war in Iraq last Sunday.
The
Granny Peace Brigade and other groups have pledged to be outside
the Army recruiting center in Times Square from dawn until
dusk every day through March 16th.
They
say they will recite the names of journalists, service members
and Iraqi civilians who have died since the war began in 2003.
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Christian
Peace Witness: Thousands of Christians from across the US will
gather on Friday in Washington DC to mark the fourth anniversary
of the Iraq War.
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