1. WAR IN IRAQ BY: TREVOR HERRICK

2. U.S. CASUALTIES IN IRAQ Since the war began on March 19 th, 2003 4,257 soldiers have been killed in Iraq. The number of American soldiers wounded in Iraq are about 31 thousand but statistics show it could be over 100 thousand. Link to statistics http://antiwar.com/casualties/http://antiwar.com/casualties/

3. IRAQI DEATHS Since the United States invasion of Iraq 91 thousand to 99 thousand Iraqi people have been killed

4. In 2007 the cost of the war was expected to cost about $2 trillion, now in 2009 the cost of the war is expected to reach $3 trillion plus.

5. deBa’athification-The United States policy of removing Baath party members from Iraqi government positions following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

6. In 2003 over 100,000 Iraqi soldiers were let go and almost all of them had no job to go to After the disbanding of the Military in 2003 the United States Army trained about 129,000 Iraqi soldiers

7. Obama says that by 2010 more then two thirds of the remaining troops in Iraq will be back home

8. Sources http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002921.html http://antiwar.com/casualties/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baath_Party http://www.antiwar.com/