1 / 8

NO END IN SIGHT

NO END IN SIGHT. Iraqi Deaths in Iraq. There have been far more deaths of Iraqi civilians than of the soldiers themselves. In the year 2003 alone, there have been almost 2500 civilian deaths. In 2009, there have been close to 500 civilian deaths.

jemma
Download Presentation

NO END IN SIGHT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. NO END IN SIGHT

  2. Iraqi Deaths in Iraq • There have been far more deaths of Iraqi civilians than of the soldiers themselves. • In the year 2003 alone, there have been almost 2500 civilian deaths. • In 2009, there have been close to 500 civilian deaths. • Since the year 2003 to 2009, there has been a total of 102,451 civilian deaths.

  3. American Deaths in Iraq • In the year 2003, the number of American deaths in Iraq was about 486 soldiers. • Over the next two years, the numbers went from 486 deaths to a startling 849 casualties. • In 2009, about 141 soldiers have died. • In total, from the years 2003 to 2009, 4,362 American soldiers have been killed, and these numbers aren’t including the soldiers from the United Kingdom who have been killed.

  4. War Costs on American Economy • Up to 2009, about $915.1 billion dollars have been allocated to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. • Each year, the money going into the war increases by at least 2 billion dollars. • For the year 2010, the government wants to put in another $130 billion ( has yet to be decided)

  5. No Provisional Iraqi government • The chairman of the Iraqi opposition National Congress, Ahmad al- Jalabi stated that the Iraqi military forces are taking part in the Liberation of Iraq and defeating the Baath party. • Ahmad al- Jalabi is trying to establish a democartic government, noting the non-intervention of the American military.

  6. Disbanding the Iraqi Military • The Iraqi military was disbanded in May 2003, by the Bush administration. • This caused about 250,000 men to be unemployed, and the unemployment destroyed the economy • This caused fighting and riots throughout Baghdad, Iraq.

  7. deBa’athification of Iraqi culture, government and economy The deBa’athification of Iraq culture had many conflicts. Thousands of predominately Sunni Arab Baathists were fired from government and military jobs This caused massive riots, similar to when the military was disbanded.

  8. Bibliography • 1st slide picture: http://www.ccmep.org/usbombingwatch/iraq032403.jpg • American and Iraq death statistics: http://icasualties.org/ - Deba’athification of Iraqi government: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322309,00.html Disbanding of Iraqi Military: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322309,00.html

More Related