The count
09/03/2009
As of Tuesday, day 2,355 of the war in Iraq…
4,340 American military service members — 4 more than last week — have died in Iraq since the war began in 2003, according to the US Department of Defense. A total of 13,862 have suffered injuries serious enough to keep them from returning to duty.
2 days. That’s reportedly how long a trial lasted for 1 of the 1,000 people — including 2 women — on Iraq’s death row, according to Amnesty International. The human rights organization is calling for a halt to executions until the Iraqi justice system can better guarantee fair trials.
456 Iraqis were killed in August, the bloodiest month in the past 13 months, the Los Angeles Times reported. Civilians made up 393 of the casualties.
$333.4 million from Pasadena taxpayers has been spent on the war in Iraq since 2003, according to the National Priorities Project. That’s enough to pay for 5,956 firefighters and police officers for one year.
— Compiled by Jake Armstrong
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