Grim Statistics - Part One

by jpol
Tue Nov 1st, 2005 at 09:49:54 AM EDT

There is a little-known report known as the National Security Index, put out periodically by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. It contains some truly grim statistics that are rarely reported by the mainstream media even though the report is available on the Committee's web site, along with footnotes documenting every statistic.

Iraq Statistics From the October 17, 2005 National Security Index:

General:

* Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq: 152,000
* Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.: 87.4
* Weeks since the Pentagon developed a plan to draw down U.S. forces in Iraq to roughly 40,000 by mid-2005: 104* (now 106)
* Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far: $218 billion
* Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I: $205 billion
* Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) found: 0
* Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq: 1,962* (now 2,027)
* Number killed since the President announced the end of major combat: 1,823* (now 1,883)
* Number reported wounded by the Defense Department: 15,063* (now 15,220)
* Approximate number of medical evacuations of U.S. military personnel performed since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom: 55,000
* Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through August 27, 2005: 300
* Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War: 97