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underpants

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Mon Jul-31-06 12:06 PM
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136 Days

Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 12:09 PM by underpants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Second_World_War#December_7
1941
December 7: Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor brings United States and Japan into the war. Air attacks also on Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, the Philippines, and Shanghai.
1945
September 2: Japan signs the articles of surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

From and including: Sunday, December 7, 1941
To, but not including : Sunday, September 2, 1945

It is 1365 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date

Or 3 years, 8 months, 26 days excluding the end date

Alternative time units
1365 days can be converted to one of these units:
117,936,000 seconds
1,965,600 minutes
32,760 hours
195 weeks

From and including: Thursday, March 20, 2003
To, but not including : Monday, July 31, 2006

It is 1229 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date

Or 3 years, 4 months, 11 days excluding the end date

Alternative time units
1229 days can be converted to one of these units:
106,185,600 seconds
1,769,760 minutes
29,496 hours
175 weeks (rounded down)

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html

2,577
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/

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SheilaT

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Mon Jul-31-06 12:54 PM
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1. So where do the 136 days come from

or did you make a typo? Can you still edit?

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gratuitous

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Mon Jul-31-06 01:05 PM
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2. In 136 days, Iraq will have lasted longer than WWII

And about all that's been accomplished as far as I can tell is a massive transfer of the Treasury into the corporate coffers of Halliburton and other defense contractors.

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SheilaT

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Tue Aug-01-06 07:02 AM
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3. Didn't occur to me that

it was a word problem. :D

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