The Occupation of Iraq (With An Iraqi Face) Some figures (as of 3 September 2004):
Total USA troops in Iraq 137,000 Total UK troops in Iraq 11,000 Total non USA - UK troops in Iraq 15,500 Sorties flown by USA - UK 20,753 Cruise missiles launched (at a cost of $1 million each) 800 Precision guided ("smart") munitions used 18,467 Non-guided ("dumb") munitions used 9,251 Cluster bombs used (each breaking into 200 bomblets - 5% fail to explode on impact) 900 + Authorised strikes against media facilities 10 Number of mines in Iraq 8 million Iraqi military deaths 6,370 Iraqi civilian deaths 40,000 + Iraqi civilian injuries (Baghdad) 8,000 + Iraqi civilians missing (Baghdad) 1,000 + Kurdish deaths 75 + USA - UK military deaths (during the invasion) 137 USA - UK military personel missing (during the invasion) 4 USA - UK military personel injured (during the invasion) 473 Missing or dead journalists 30 Iraqi prisoners of war 9,000 + USA - UK military personel killed after end of invasion (1 May 2003) 1100 + USA military personel wounded 5,140 Non USA - UK - Iraqi military personel killed after end of invasion (1 May 2003) 39 Cost of war to USA $126,100 million Number of oil wells under USA and UK control 900 Cost of the 1200 USA-appointed Iraqi Survey Team (looking for weapons) $300 million Percentage of population that had access to safe water before the invasion 85% Percentage of population that now has access to safe water 60% Number of weapons of mass destruction found 0 Number of military funerals attended by the USA president, George W Bush 0
I have no reason to doubt these figures,...except for the one typo;...the war has cost $126.1 billion, not million. I know,...because each one of those Tomahawk cruise missles cost just under a cool million, and each of the 9,000+ smart munitions about $35,000!
And I could not resist taking the total cost of the war and dividing that by the number of oil wells stolen. I came up with $140.1 million dollars as the price per well we paid to steal them (separate from the lives expended, of course). I'm no commodities economist,...but it seems to me that even if we never gave a dime of the revenue from these wells back to the Iraqis, even at $50 a barrel it would take 2.8 million barrels of oil per well before the cost of the war were to be ammortized;...and actually that's not accurate, because it doesn't factor in extraction/production/distribution/shipping costs. So it might be DOUBLE that!!
I wonder what the cost of searching for, finding and developing a well like those we stole costs in the free market world, and what sort of savings were realized by our invasion, if in fact there is one?
Cruise missiles launched (at a cost of $1 million each) 800
Cost of war to USA $126,100 million Number of oil wells under USA and UK control 900
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Date: 2004-12-31 02:04 am (UTC)Subject: War figures
Source: http://www.krysstal.com/democracy/display_acts.php?regioncountry=-Iraq
The Occupation of Iraq (With An Iraqi Face)
Some figures (as of 3 September 2004):
Total USA troops in Iraq 137,000
Total UK troops in Iraq 11,000
Total non USA - UK troops in Iraq 15,500
Sorties flown by USA - UK 20,753
Cruise missiles launched (at a cost of $1 million each) 800
Precision guided ("smart") munitions used 18,467
Non-guided ("dumb") munitions used 9,251
Cluster bombs used (each breaking into 200 bomblets - 5% fail to explode on impact) 900 +
Authorised strikes against media facilities 10
Number of mines in Iraq 8 million
Iraqi military deaths 6,370
Iraqi civilian deaths 40,000 +
Iraqi civilian injuries (Baghdad) 8,000 +
Iraqi civilians missing (Baghdad) 1,000 +
Kurdish deaths 75 +
USA - UK military deaths (during the invasion) 137
USA - UK military personel missing (during the invasion) 4
USA - UK military personel injured (during the invasion) 473
Missing or dead journalists 30
Iraqi prisoners of war 9,000 +
USA - UK military personel killed after end of invasion (1 May 2003) 1100 +
USA military personel wounded 5,140
Non USA - UK - Iraqi military personel killed after end of invasion (1 May 2003) 39
Cost of war to USA $126,100 million
Number of oil wells under USA and UK control 900
Cost of the 1200 USA-appointed Iraqi Survey Team (looking for weapons) $300 million
Percentage of population that had access to safe water before the invasion 85%
Percentage of population that now has access to safe water 60%
Number of weapons of mass destruction found 0
Number of military funerals attended by the USA president, George W Bush 0
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Subject: Re: War figures - (some more figures)
I have no reason to doubt these figures,...except for the one typo;...the war has cost $126.1 billion, not million. I know,...because each one of those Tomahawk cruise missles cost just under a cool million, and each of the 9,000+ smart munitions about $35,000!
And I could not resist taking the total cost of the war and dividing that by the number of oil wells stolen. I came up with $140.1 million dollars as the price per well we paid to steal them (separate from the lives expended, of course). I'm no commodities economist,...but it seems to me that even if we never gave a dime of the revenue from these wells back to the Iraqis, even at $50 a barrel it would take 2.8 million barrels of oil per well before the cost of the war were to be ammortized;...and actually that's not accurate, because it doesn't factor in extraction/production/distribution/shipping costs. So it might be DOUBLE that!!
I wonder what the cost of searching for, finding and developing a well like those we stole costs in the free market world, and what sort of savings were realized by our invasion, if in fact there is one?
Cruise missiles launched (at a cost of $1 million each) 800
Cost of war to USA $126,100 million
Number of oil wells under USA and UK control 900