IRAQ
By, Kevin Murdock
Iraq Currently
• As of October 2009,the United States has
about 130,000 combat forces in Iraq.
• The Official word is that as of August 2010 our
combat mission in Iraq will end and the
number of US soldiers in Iraq will be roughly
50,000.
• By December 31st 2011 no military personnel
will remain in Iraq as required by the U.S. Iraq
Status Forces agreement
Cost of war
• Total the combined cost of the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars nears 1 trillion dollars. With
Iraq costing roughly ¾ of the total.
• Even worse the war has cost about 4,300
American lives and hundreds of thousands of
Iraqi civilian lives.
• In addition to this our economy has taken a
severe blow which is one of the reasons for
the current economic recession.
Toll on Citizens of Iraq
• 70% of Iraqis believe US occupation have
made the situation worse
• 47% want US forces to leave immediately
• 34% want US forces to leave when situation
improves
• Most Iraqi’s feel the situation will improve
immediately following US departure
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