Thread by @KyleKulinski

The Iraq War turns 16, here are the facts about it (some outdated, but still relevant):
- US soldiers killed: at least 4,400
- US soldiers injured (not including PTSD): 32,200
- civilians directly killed: 134,000
- indirect deaths from the invasion: 655,000
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Iraq War turns 16, facts about it (continued):
- reporters killed: 150
- 2.8 million: internally displaced or fled the country
- $1.7 trillion: direct war spending as of 2013
- $5,000: amount spent per second
- $490 billion: war benefits owed to vets
- $7 trillion: cost by 2053..

Iraq War turns 16, facts about it (continued):
- $20 billion: amount paid to corrupt contractor KBR
- $3 billion: "questionable" payments to corrupt contractor KBR
- $60 billion: amount paid for corrupted "reconstruction"
- Missing: $546 million; 190,000 guns, 110,000 AK-47s...

Iraq War turns 16, facts about it (continued):
- 40%: Increase in Iraqi oil production
- $5 billion: Revenue from Iraqi oil in 2003
- $85 billion: Revenue from Iraqi oil in 2011
- $150 billion: Amount oil companies are expected to invest in oil development over the next decade..

Iraq War turns 16, facts about it (continued):
- $75 billion: Approximate amount expected to go to American subcontracting companies, largest of all Halliburton.
- 0: number of Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction found

businessinsider.com/iraq-war-facts…