CNHI News Service
September 29, 2006 10:40 am
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Numbers
125,000: U.S. troops currently serving in Iraq.
2,667: U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Iraq since March, 2003, invasion.
19,688: U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq since March, 2003, invasion.
10,600: U.S. soldiers who suffered battlefield injuries but returned to combat after treatment in Iraq.
3,000: U.S. soldiers who lost a leg, arm or both limbs in Iraq.
1,200: Improvised explosive devices detonated in Iraq in August of this year by insurgents.
90: Percent of American soldiers who have survived battlefield wounds in Iraq.
72: U.S. civilians, including military contractors, killed in Iraq since invasion.
17: Percentage of U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq and report they experienced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Sources: U.S. Department of Defense, New England Medical Journal.
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