Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003

CASUALTIES:

-Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of May 31, 2007: 3,474.

-Confirmed U.S. military wounded as of May 31, 2007: 25,681.

-U.S. military deaths for May 2007: 126.

-U.S. military deaths after the Baghdad security crackdown beginning Feb. 14, 2007: at least 350, including at least 151 from incidents in Baghdad and at least 177 from incidents outside the capital. The locations of at least 22 deaths are unconfirmed or unknown.

-Deaths of civilian employees of U.S. government contractors as of May 28, 2007: More than 900.

-Iraqi civilian deaths: Estimated at more than 64,000, with one controversial study in 2004 contending there were as many as 655,000. According to Associated Press figures, there have been at least 2,155 Iraqi deaths in May 2007.

-The number of victims of sectarian death squads in Baghdad since the security crackdown began is on the rise. Based on an AP count, there were at least 718 bodies found in Baghdad in May 2007, 447 in April, and 564 in March.

-Assassinated Iraqi academics: 317.

-Journalists killed on assignment: 105.

COST:

-More than $430 billion. Combined with the conflict in Afghanistan and operations against terrorism elsewhere, the cost has topped at least $500 billion. A January 2007 study by Linda Bilmes of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government put the total projected cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at $350 billion to $700 billion.

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