Month 46 of the War By the Numbers

HE'S ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES

And so we merrily roll toward the fourth anniversary of the Mess in Mesopotamia confident (if that’s the right word) that the numbers will continue their grotesque march upward.

JANUARY 2007 ROUNDUP
1,802 -- Iraqis killed (*)
84 -- U.S. troops killed
0 -- Military funerals attended by President Bush

2006 TOTALS
16,273 -- Iraqis killed
(Includes 14,298 civilians, 1,348 police, 627 soldiers.)
871 -- U.S. troops killed
0 -- Military funerals attended by President Bush

U.S. WAR-TO-DATE ROUNDUP
3,087 -- Total killed to date

(The following statistics are through 1/06/07)
562 -- Died of wounds
7 -- Died while missing in action
2 -- Died while captured
383 -- Died in accidents
57 -- Died from illness
12 -- Died in homicides
96 -- Died of self-inflicted wounds
6 -- Undetermined
30 -- Pending classification
22,834 -- Total wounded

(*) Includes Iraqi Army personnel, security forces, national police and civilians.

Sources:
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, Defense Manpower Data Center.

Photograph by AFP