Analysis: War by the numbers
Following are some facts about what the conflict has cost the United States.
-- Length of conflict: 3 years, 287 days
-- Dead: 3,000
-- Wounded: 22,057
-- Deployed: 134,000
-- Percent of deployed troops who are members of the military reserves or National Guard: 16 percent
-- Reservists mobilized in support of ongoing military operations since 2001, according to September 2006 GAO report: more than 500,000.
-- Financial cost: An estimated $549 billion on Iraq and Afghanistan combined by the end of the 2007 fiscal year.
-- Five states with highest death tolls: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio.
From Reuters/Alternet
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