The background of Casualty in Iraq War
Outline
Reason Target
The Iraq War
Three Stage Costs of War Comparing
Reason
1.Terrorist attack(911) 2.Weapons of mass destruction 3.Sadam Hussein’s anti-human crime
Target
Costs of war
Iraq civilian fatalities
140,000 120,000 115,676
100,000
80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 7,300 2003 16,800 20,200 2005 2006 34,500 23,600
6,400
2007 2008
3,000
2,500
1,376 total
2004
2009
2010
2011
Iraq civilian fatalities
U.S military fatalities
5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 4486
1000
500 0 2003
849
846
822
904
486
2004 2005 2006 2007
314
2008
149
2009
60 2010
53 2011 total
U.S military fatalities
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Journalists killed
160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 14 24 23 32 32 11 4 5 5 150
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
total
Journalists killed
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http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Centers/saban/iraq%20index/index20111130.PDF
U.S troops wounded
35,000 32,226 30,000 25,000
20,000
15,000 10,000 8,005 5,000 2,416 0 5,944 6,412 6,112 2,051 677 389 220
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
total
U.S troops wounded
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1
Casualty increase from 2003 to 2006
2
Casualty decrease from 2006 to 2011
3
Have the highest number of dead people for both countries during 2004 and 2007
Three stage
? Beginning ? Stalemate(Strongest resist) ? End
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