Jan. 25th, 2004

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State of the Bush (chock full of numbers). Selected:
  • 16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war
  • 10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict
  • 29,000: Number of American troops - which is close to the total of a whole army division - to have either been killed, wounded, injured or become so ill as to require evacuation from Iraq, according to the Pentagon
  • 232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004
  • 501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far
  • 0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945
  • 0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed
  • 0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq
  • 100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003...
  • 92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago
  • 60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today
  • 28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August
  • 13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year
  • $42,000: Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes
  • $42,228: Median household income in the US in 2001...
  • 1st: George W Bush became the first American president to ignore the Geneva Conventions by refusing to allow inspectors access to US-held prisoners of war
  • 35: Number of countries to which US has suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court
go, team
jodawi: (Default)
State of the Bush (chock full of numbers). Selected:
  • 16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war
  • 10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict
  • 29,000: Number of American troops - which is close to the total of a whole army division - to have either been killed, wounded, injured or become so ill as to require evacuation from Iraq, according to the Pentagon
  • 232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004
  • 501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far
  • 0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945
  • 0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed
  • 0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq
  • 100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003...
  • 92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago
  • 60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today
  • 28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August
  • 13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year
  • $42,000: Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes
  • $42,228: Median household income in the US in 2001...
  • 1st: George W Bush became the first American president to ignore the Geneva Conventions by refusing to allow inspectors access to US-held prisoners of war
  • 35: Number of countries to which US has suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court
go, team

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