Number of U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq: 3,775
American Dollars Spent in The War in Iraq: $378,000,000,000
Iraq Basics
In this recently unearthed video of Dick Cheney in 1992, he defends the first Bush Administration's decision to not occupy Iraq. In the video Dick Cheney asks some very persistent questions about occupying Iraq.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, not very long ago:
Democrats in Congress will do nothing to jeopardize the safety of our troops, but will ensure that Congress continues to exercise its Constitutional authority to hold the President accountable for a change of course that turns Iraq over to the Iraqis and allows for our troops to come home.
In understanding the civil war in Iraq, it is important to note that while most Middle Eastern countries are chiefly Sunni Muslims, in Iraq the Shi'ite Muslims outnumber the Sunnis. Approximately 97% of Iraqi citizens are Muslim, over 60% of...
Iraq is a Shi'ite majority country, while most of the countries around it are majority Sunni. But what does that really mean? Islam is the second-largest religion in the world today, with an estimated 1.4 billion adherents, known as Muslims....
