Initiation of U.S. combat operations | March 19, 2003 |
Length of US military mission | 8 years, 9 months, 12 days |
Date Saddam Hussein was captured | December 13, 2003 [ABC News,
12/14/03
]
|
Date Iraqi Parliament ratified the Status of Forces agreement (SOFA) negotiated by President Bush requiring all U.S. troops to leave Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011
| November 27, 2009 [The New York Times,
10/21/11
] |
Number of Americans who served in Iraq throughout the course of the war
| More than 1.5 million [American Forces Press Service,
12/14/11
] |
Number of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq when President Obama took office
| Approximately 150,000 [President Obama and Prime Minster Al-Maliki’s press conference, 12/12/11]
|
Number of U.S. servicemembers who died while serving in Iraq
| 4,474 [
DoD OIF figures
;
DoD ND figures
, 12/5/11] |
Number of U.S. servicemembers who were wounded in action while serving in Iraq
| 32,226 [
DoD OIF figures
;
DoD ND figures
, 12/5/11] |
Number of Medal of Honor recipients for service in Iraq | 4 [
Information on recipients
] |
Total U.S. funding for Iraq operations | Approximately $820 billion [CRS,
3/29/11
] |
Total estimated number of Iraqi civilian fatalities from 2003 – 10/31/2011 | 115,676 [Brookings Iraq Index,
11/30/11
] |
Size of Iraq’s Security Forces | 670,000 as of 3/11 [The Washington Post,
12/15/11
] |