City Newspaper Archives - 3/2008

COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (3/5/08)

Published on Mar 05, 2008

TOTALS - 3973 U.S. soldiers, 308 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 81,632 to 89,103 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to March 3.

6651 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American servicemen and -women killed between February 21-25:

-- Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver, 20, St. Charles, Mo.

-- Spc. Keisha M. Morgan, 25, Washington, D.C.

-- Spc. Micheal E. Phillips, 19, Ardmore, Okla.

-- Spc. Orlando A. Perez, 23, Houston, Texas

-- Spc. Kevin S. Mowl, 22, Pittsford, N.Y.

SOURCES: www.iraqbodycount.org, www.icasualties.org