Cost of war

Issue 

0 — the number of weapons of mass destruction found.

100,000+ — the estimated number of Iraqi civilians killed during the war and occupation.

2437 — the number of coalition troops killed in the conflict.

85 — the number of journalists killed in Iraq since the invasion, including Reuters cameraperson Mazen Dana, shot dead by US troops as he filmed outside Abu Ghraib prison.

236 billion — the cost of the war and occupation in US dollars.

From Green Left Weekly, February 8, 2006.
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