Iraq: A thousand days (UK Independent/E&P)

katty

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Tue Dec-13-05 02:26 PM
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Iraq: A thousand days (UK Independent/E&P)

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001659215

Newspaper Marks 1000 Days of Iraq War with Key Stats

By E&P Staff

Published: December 13, 2005 10:30 AM ET

NEW YORK To mark what it called the "1000 Days" of the Iraq war, the London daily The Independent offered extensive coverage today, featuring a by-the-numbers approach.

Here are some of their calculations:

$204.4 billion: The cost to the U.S of the war so far.

2,339: Allied troops killed

15,955: US troops wounded in action

98: U.K troops killed

30,000 : Estimated Iraqi civilian deaths

0: Number of WMDs found

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zbdent

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Tue Dec-13-05 03:29 PM
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1. Wrong thinking - it's "Iraq - the first 1000 days"

the headline writer was incorrect . . .

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