Post-American Iraq By The Numbers

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As we pull our troops out following eight years in Iraq, Barack Obama earlier this week called it a “moment of success” that came at heavy cost — “nearly 4,500 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice.” The president made no mention of the cost to Iraqis, so Juan Cole has this to add:

Population of Iraq: 30 million Percentage of Iraqis who lived in slum conditions in 2000: 17 Percentage of Iraqis who live in slum conditions in 2011: 50 Number of the 30 million Iraqis living below the poverty line: 7 million. Number of Iraqis who died of violence 2003-2011: 150,000 to 400,000. Orphans in Iraq: 4.5 million. Orphans living in the streets: 600,000. Number of women, mainly widows, who are primary breadwinners in family: 2 million. Iraqi refugees displaced by the American war to Syria: 1 million Internally displaced persons in Iraq: 1.3 million Proportion of displaced persons who have returned home since 2008: 1/8 Rank of Iraq on Corruption Index among 182 countries: 175 Read more at www.disinfo.com

 

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