• June 28, 2005
IRAQ BY THE NUMBERS
From the Associate Press

- 890 - American military personnel killed (June 28, 2004-June 27, 2005).
- 1,740 - Total U.S. Military deaths since the war began.
(More American soldiers have been killed in the last year than in the first 15 months.)

- 74 - Non-U.S. coalition troop fatalities (June 28, 2004-June 27, 2005).

- 187 - Total non-U.S. coalition troop fatalities since March 20, 2003.

- 12,000+ - Iraqi civilians killed (official count only).

- 16,000 - Estimated number of insurgents as of May 2005.

- 484 - Car bombings (June 28, 2004-June 27, 2005).

- 2,221 - Deaths from those car bombings in the past year.

- 5,574 - People wounded in car bombings in the past year.

- 52 - Assassinations of Iraqi government, legal or religious officials (April 27, 2005-June 27, 2005).

- 200 - Non-Iraqis taken hostage (March 20, 2003-June 27, 2005).

- 14 - Americans taken hostage (March 20, 2003-June 27, 2005).

- 4 - Known American deaths among those taken hostage, as of June 27, 2005.

- 20 - Fatal helicopter crashes (March 20, 2003-June 27, 2005).

- 128 - Deaths from those helicopter crashes.

- 45 - Average daily attacks by insurgents in June 2004.
- 70 - Average daily attacks by insurgents as of May 2005.

- 135,000 - Number of U.S. troops in Iraq as of June 2005.

- 23,250 - Number of non-U.S. coalition forces in Iraq as of June 2005.

- 145,317 - Number of Iraqi security forces in June 2004.
- 168,581 - Number of Iraqi security forces as of June 23, 2005.

- 30-40 - Percent unemployment in June 2004.
- 27-40 - Percent unemployment in May 2005.

- $5 billion - U.S. money still remaining from the $18.4 billion reconstruction package approved in 2003, according to the House Appropriations foreign operations subcommittee.

- 10 - Average hours of electricity per day nationwide in June 2004.
- 9.4 - Average hours of electricity per day nationwide as of June 23, 2005.