THE WAR BY THE NUMBERS

• 464: Number of U.S. deaths in Operation Enduring Freedom (the military response to 9/11)
• 10: Number of Washington deaths in OEF
• 3,876: Number of U.S. deaths in Operation Iraqi Freedom (invasion of Iraq)
• 78: Number of Washington deaths in OIF
(as of Nov. 24, 2007; Statistical Information Analysis Division of U.S. Department of Defense)
• 36 million: Number of people worldwide that participated in close to 3,000 protests against the Iraq War between Jan. 3 and Apr. 12, 2003.
(French political scientist Dominique Reynié)
• 6-10 million: Number of people worldwide who participated in protests to the Iraq War on Feb. 15, 2003, in the largest mass protest movement in history.
(2004 Guinness Book of Records)
• 2 million: Number of U.S. citizens who participated in the Peace Moratorium on Oct. 15, 1969, the largest demonstration against the Vietnam War
(bbc.co.uk)
• 30: Average age of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
• 19: Average age of U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam
(CNN.com)
• over $472,320,000,000: Cost of Iraq War to United States—equivalent to over 11,113,411 inclusive yearly budgets at Whitman (estimated at $42,500)
• over $10,725,470: Cost of Iraq War to Washington State—equivalent to over 252 inclusive yearly budgets at Whitman (estimated at $42,500)
(National Priorities Project)
• 15: Number of Iraqi deaths per day from vehicle bombs in 2007
• 35: Number of Iraqi deaths per day from gunfire and executions in 2007
• 41,744-46,668: Estimate of total number of reported Iraqi civilian deaths during the U.S. intervention as of Oct. 15, 2006.
(Iraq Body Count)
• 30,000: Number of Iraqis killed during U.S. intervention as issued by President Bush on Dec. 12, 2006.
(news.bbc.co.uk)
• 40: Percentage of U.S. troops in Iraq that come from the Guard or the Army Reserve.
(cbsnews.com)
• 70: Number of incidents reported per day by Iraqi security forces
• 200: Number of incidents reported per day by U.S. security forces
(nytimes.com)
• 80: Percentage of Iraqi insurgent attacks targeted against coalition forces
• 80: Percentage of all casualties suffered by Iraqi population
(news.bbc.co.uk)
• 67: Percentage of global citizens who think U.S.-led forces should leave Iraq within a year.
• 49: Percentage of global citizens who believe that the U.S. plans to keep permanent military bases in Iraq.
• 61: Percentage of Americans who think U.S. forces should get out of Iraq within one year.
(worldpublicopinion.org, BBC World Service poll)

About Margaux Cameron

Margaux is currently trying to survive four months in Paris, France, without losing her mind. After two years of working for the Pioneer this is her first attempt at writing a column. She is interested in English, History, and French and is from Eugene, OR.

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