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The War In Iraq

The War In Iraq . A follow up to No End In Sight By: Rebecca Svec. U.S. Troop Casualties & Injuries. U.S. Troop Casualties - 4,439 US Troops Wounded - 32,033 Iraqi Death toll – Over 100,000. War Costs. Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds

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The War In Iraq

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  1. The War In Iraq A follow up to No End In Sight By: Rebecca Svec

  2. U.S. Troop Casualties & Injuries • U.S. Troop Casualties - 4,439 • US Troops Wounded - 32,033 • Iraqi Death toll – Over 100,000

  3. War Costs • Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds • Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money • Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. • Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion

  4. New Government • Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s government was approved in 2010. • All of the major political parties and ethnic groups are participating for the first time in an Iraqi government.

  5. deBa’athification • In May of 2010 an agreement was reached to end the de-Baathification campaign. • The disqualification of hundreds of candidates threw politics into turmoil before the March 7 parliamentary elections. • “There will be no more.” President JalalTalabani stated.

  6. Disbanding The Iraqi Military • Noted by many as one of the United States’ biggest mistakes in the war. • President George W. Bush blamed L. Paul Bremer for the decision to disband the Iraqi military. • Bremer claims that he was only taking orders from the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld.

  7. Works Cited • "Iraqis Reach Deal to Stop Barring Candidates - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/world/middleeast/12baghdad.html?pagewanted=2>. • LELAND, JOHN. "Iraq Approves New Government - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/world/middleeast/22iraq.html?_r=1&hp>. • White, Deborah. "Iraq War Facts, Statistics at January 30, 2011 - Iraq War Casualties, Spending." Liberal & Progressive Politics & Perspectives. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm>. • White, Deborah. "Iraq War Facts, Statistics at January 30, 2011 - Iraq War Casualties, Spending." Liberal & Progressive Politics & Perspectives. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm>.

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