‘Mission Accomplished’ By The Numbers

| | 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% |

This data was taken from http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/mission-accomplished-07/[15] Tags: #randomness

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