My Blog 28 August 2014
A few facts you might not know about the invasion of Iraq:
# Lost and unaccounted – $9 billion cash and $550 million spare parts
# Lost, reported stolen – $6.6 billion earmarked for reconstruction
# Mismanaged and wasted – $10 billion
# Unsupported overcharges by the Halliburton company – $1.4 billion
# Missing cost of vehicles, arms and ancilliary equipment – $1 billion
# Amount paid to KBR (ex-Halliburton co) from US military – $20 billion
# Annual air conditioning cost (including Afghanistan) – $20 billion
# US troops dead – 4,487. Injured – 32,223 (20% serious brain or spinal)
# Iraqi civilian deaths – from 500,000 to over 1 million
# Journalists killed – at least 150 (14 by US forces)
# Total of Iraqi doctors before the invasion – 34,000
# Iraqi doctors murdered – 2,000
# Iraqi doctors who fled the country – 12,000
# Data from about.com (including The Brookings Institute) up to Jan 2012
