| | May 1, 2003 | Today | | U.S. Troops Wounded[1] | 542 | 24,912 | | U.S. Troops Killed[2] | 139 | 3,351 | | Contractors Killed[3] | 69 | 916 | | Journalists and Media Assistants Killed[4] | 11 | 167 | | U.S. Forces in Iraq[5] | 150,000 | 146,000 | | Size of Iraqi Security Forces[6] | 7,000-9,000 | 334,300 | | Number of Insurgents[7] | less than 5,000 | ~70,000 (Sunni only) | | Insurgent Attacks Per Day[8] | 8 | 148.9 | | Cost to[9] U.S. Taxpayers[10] | $79 billion | $421 billion | | Approval of Bush's[11] Handling of Iraq[12] | 75% | 24% | | Percentage of Americans who Believe The Iraq War Was "Worth Fighting"[13] | 70% | 34% | | Bush's Overall Job Approval[14] | 71% | 32% |
1: https://web.archive.org/web/20080828022637/http://www.icasualties.org/oif/woundedByWeek.aspx
2: https://web.archive.org/web/20100211193249/http://icasualties.org:80/oif/
4: http://www.rsf.org/special_iraq_en.php3
5: https://web.archive.org/web/20160328193209/http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf
6: https://web.archive.org/web/20160328193209/http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf
7: https://web.archive.org/web/20160328193209/http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf
8: https://web.archive.org/web/20160328193209/http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf
10: http://costofwar.com/index.html
11: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_immigration_041006.htm
12: http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
13: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_022607.htm
14: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/20070424_poll.pdf
This data was taken from http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/mission-accomplished-07/[15] Tags: #randomness
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