Iraq: 100 days of 'peace'

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Casualties

57 US troops, 11 British troops killed since 1 May
35 allied troops died in accidents,
3 possible suicides, 3 drowned
1,000 children injured by unexploded ordnance
15 to 25 civilians shot dead daily in Baghdad
1 UK journalist shot dead
Armed forces

150,000 still deployed
6 countries providing forces (US, Britain, Spain, Poland, Denmark, and the Czech republic)
Economics

$680m rebuilding contracts handed out by Bechtel ($400m to local companies)
$3.9bn per month spent by US on occupation
£44m to provide new 'Baath-free' textbooks to school pupils
£60m spent by International Red Cross on humanitarian aid
1.6m barrels per day of oil being pumped (compared to 2.8m before the war)
1 Arab mobile phone network launched (but shut down by US)<
75 per cent electricity delivery, according to the US
Security

1,000 military patrols daily in Baghdad
150 out of 400 courts in operation
18 aid trucks hijacked
Health

1 in 12 children suffer malnutrition
Culture

150 newspapers started; 1 shut down
3 plays performed


<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=431945>

O-YA ......

0 WMD
0 SADDAM

[sujan]

1. peace is hell

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030714/

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2. Note to self.........................