{"id":2688,"date":"2011-09-09T11:30:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2011-09-09T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:31:32","slug":"the-continuing-toll-of-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/09\/the-continuing-toll-of-911\/","title":{"rendered":"The continuing toll of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Number of people killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda operatives hijacked jetliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field: 2,996<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date on which then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered aides to look for evidence of Iraqi involvement in the attacks: 9\/11\/2001<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the 19 identified hijackers, number who were Iraqis: 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date on which the U.S. and its allies launched strikes in Afghanistan against al-Qaeda and its ally, the Islamist militia Taliban: 10\/7\/2001<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date on which the U.S. and U.K. launched war against Iraq after claiming it was hiding weapons of mass destruction: 3\/20\/2003<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of those alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that were ultimately found: 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estimated number of civilian casualties in Iraq since the 2003 invasion: 102,416-111,937<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estimated number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan through 2010: 8,832<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of coalition forces killed to date in Afghanistan: 2,705<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of those forces killed that were U.S. troops: 1,760<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of coalition forces killed to date in Iraq: 4,792<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of those forces killed that were U.S. troops: 4,474<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of the over 6,200 U.S. troops killed to date in Afghanistan and Iraq, percent that were from the South: 34<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of U.S. troops still in Afghanistan: about 100,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of U.S. troops still occupying Iraq: almost 50,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total number of U.S. veterans who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq over the past decade: 1.6 million<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estimated cost of future disability payments and health care for those veterans: $600 billion to $900 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of U.S. veterans thought to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression: 300,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of U.S. veterans who commit suicide each year: 6,500<\/strong><\/p>\n

Percent by which the Army suicide rate has increased over the past decade: almost 200<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date on which a federal appeals court ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs was failing to properly care for vets with combat-related mental illnesses: 5\/10\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total direct U.S. government spending on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars so far: $2,000,000,000,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amount that represents per U.S. household: $17,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Percent by which bills yet to be received are expected to increase this amount: more than 50<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amount the U.S. is expected to spend this year on the war in Iraq: $48 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the war in Afghanistan: $122 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number of children who could be provided with health care for two years with the money being spent on those two wars in 2011 alone: 43 million<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compiled by the <\/em>Institute for Southern Studies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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