Issues: Iraq

Timeline

March 19, 2003: War Declared and Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins
May 1, 2003: President Bush declares end of Major Combat Operations in Iraq; 33 days of War Duty for U.S. Troops
May 2, 2003-Present: Occupation of Iraq; 71,141 days of occupation duty (as of 6/15/06) for U.S. troops

Casualties

United States
U.S. Deployed: 240,000*; 130,000 as of 6/15/06
U.S. Killed in Action (KIA): 2,500** (521 accidents/illness)
U.S. Wounded in Action (WIA): 18,356
U.S. Missing in Action (MIA): 1

	Hostile	Non-Hostile	Total
March 20-April 30, 2003	108	31	139
May 1-Dec. 31, 2003	214	133	347
Jan. 1-April 30, 2004	214	40	254
May 1-31	61	19	80
June 1-30	38	4	42
July 1-31	42	12	54
Aug.1-31	55	11	66
Sept. 1-30	69	11	80
Oct. 1-31	56	7	63
Nov. 1-30	125	12	137
Dec. 1-31	58	14	72
Jan. 1-31. 2005	54	53	107
Feb. 1-28	42	16	58
March 1-31	31	4	35
April 1-30	46	6	52
May 1-31	68	12	80
June 1-30	69	9	78
July 1-31	45	9	54
Aug.1-31	76	9	85
Sept. 1-30	42	7	49
Oct. 1-31	77	19	96
Nov. 1-30	71	13	84
Dec. 1-31	57	11	68
Jan. 1-31 2006	42	20	62
Feb. 1-28	46	9	55
March 1-31	26	5	31
April 1-30	65	11	76
May 31	57	12	69
June 1-15	25	2	27
Total, March 19, 2003-Present	1,979	521	2,500

United Kingdom
UK Deployed: 46,000; 8,220 as of 3/20/04
UK KIA: 113 (34 in accidents/friendly fire)
UK WIA: 83
UK MIA: 0

Iraq
Iraqi KIA: 6,400 Total (2,320 in Baghdad only)
Iraqi WIA: Unknown
Iraqi POW: 13,000+
Iraqi Deserters: 7,000
Iraqi Civilians KIA: 5,000***
Iraqi Civilians WIA: 8,000+***

Coalition Civilian and Contractor Casualties (Incomplete list)
Coalition Civilian and Contractor casualties -- 337

U.S. 134	UK 29
Korean 4	Japan 1
Germany	Netherlands 1
Finland 2	Canada 5
Bulgaria 5	Italy 1
Denmark 1	South Africa 17
Poland 2	France 3
Philippines 8	Turkey 35
Lebanon 5	Russia 4
Portugal 1	New Zealand 1
Fiji 16	Romania 1
Nepal 19	Czech Republic 1
Colombia 1	Hungary 1
Pakistan 5	Croatia 2
Egypt 4	Macedonia 3
Indonesia 1	India 3
Jordan 6	Bosnia 2
Australia 2	Unknown 9

Other Casulaties
Journalists KIA: 99
UN KIA: 16

*Statistics from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs list 125,000 "on the ground," in the 2003 Iraq campaign.

**Combat Deaths from March 20 exceeded combat deaths from Gulf War I (147) on July 17. As of September 2, over one-third of combat deaths had come after May 1 (67 of 179). Does not include one civilian interpreter.

***CIVIC estimates 5,000 civilians died between March 20-May 1, 2003. Other non-governmental organizations put the number of civilians killed at nearly 10,000 as of Jan 1, 2004.

Cost of the Wars Including Funds Pending in FY2007 Appropriations Bill

$480 billion

Original Estimated Cost

$25 billion to fight; $4 billion/month

General Statistics

Total Countries Coalition:
Operation Iraqi Freedom: 66 (46 named)

Other Personnel Contributions
Australia- 2,000
Czech Republic- 400
Romania- 278
Poland- 200

Signficant Equipment Contributions
Armor- U.S., UK
Aircract- U.S., UK, Australia
Ships- U.S., UK, Denmark, Poland

Air War Statistics
Total Air Sorties- 41,000
Strike Sorties- 15,500
Bombs Dropped- 27,000
% Precision Guided Munitions- 67%

Post-War Personnel Contributions
Italy- 2,754 (32 KIA)
Poland- 2,500 (17 KIA)
Ukraine- 1,650 (18 KIA)
Spain- 1,300* (11 KIA)
Netherlands- 1,198** (2 KIA)
Japan- 1,000
Australia- 880 (2 KIA)
Romania- 783 (2 KIA)
Bulgaria- 480 (13 KIA)
South Korea- 460
Thailand- 450 (2 KIA)
Denmark- 409 (4 KIA)
El Salvador- 380 (2 KIA)
Honduras- 370*
Dominican Republic- 302
Hungary- 300 (1 KIA)
Jordan- 200
Georgia- 190
Azerbaijan- 151
Czech Republic- 150
Latvia- 150 (1 KIA)
Norway- 150
Portugal- 130
Nicaragua- 115***
Lithuania- 100
Mongolia- 100
Philippines- 97
Slovakia- 85 (3 KIA)
Albania- 72
Estonia- 43 (2 KIA)
New Zealand- 40
Macedonia- 31
Kazakstan- 29 (1 KIA)
New Zealand- 9
Fiji- UNK

*Spain and Honduras will withdraw their forces by June 30 if a new UN resolution mandating the mission is not passed before then by the Security Council.

**The Netherlands is considering withdrawing its troops in July.

***Nicaragua did not replace its forces in February 2004 because it had no money for the deployment. Guatamala did not send promised troops for the same reason.

Post-War Reconstruction Donations
Millions $ to date)
U.S.- $550
UK- $330
Australia- $100
Japan- $100
Spain- $56
Norway- $21
Netherlands- $21