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The Iraq War 2003-2011

Iraq by the Numbers


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December 19, 2011

Iraq by the Numbers

December 31, 2011 will mark the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. The following document provides reference information relating to U.S. operations in Iraq. To commemorate the end of U.S. operations, on December 17, 2011, the Senate passed by voice vote S.Res. 349 honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families as the combat mission in Iraq draws to a close.

 

State-by-state information on U.S. military casualties in Iraq can be found HERE . State-by-state information on post-9/11 veterans living in the U.S. from Census.gov can be found HERE .

 

Initiation of U.S. combat operations

March 19, 2003

Length of US military mission

8 years, 9 months, 12 days

Date Saddam Hussein was captured

December 13, 2003

[ABC News, 12/14/03 ]

Date Iraqi Parliament ratified the Status of Forces agreement (SOFA) negotiated by President Bush requiring all U.S. troops to leave Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011

 

November 27, 2009

[The New York Times, 10/21/11 ]

Number of Americans who served in Iraq throughout the course of the war

 

More than 1.5 million

[American Forces Press Service, 12/14/11 ]

Number of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq when President Obama took office

 

Approximately 150,000

[President Obama and Prime Minster Al-Maliki’s press conference, 12/12/11]

 

Number of U.S. servicemembers who died while serving in Iraq

 

4,474

[ DoD OIF figures ; DoD ND figures , 12/5/11]

Number of U.S. servicemembers who were wounded in action while serving in Iraq

 

32,226

[ DoD OIF figures ; DoD ND figures , 12/5/11]

Number of Medal of Honor recipients for service in Iraq

4

[ Information on recipients ]

 

Total U.S. funding for Iraq operations

Approximately $820 billion

[CRS, 3/29/11 ]

 

Total estimated number of Iraqi civilian fatalities from 2003 – 10/31/2011

115,676

[Brookings Iraq Index, 11/30/11 ]

 

Size of Iraq’s Security Forces

670,000 as of 3/11

[The Washington Post, 12/15/11 ]

 



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