THE COST OF THE SHRUB WAR

The costs in military dead so far for Petrolica and its allies in Arbusto's adventure in Iraq are given by Iraq Coalition Casualty Count as (upto 31st August):

The number of dead Iraqi lascoreens employed as policemen and army troops is not quite so accurate. However, they are given as:

Up to Dec 2004....1,300
After Jan 2005.....4,016
Total...................5,316

Here in graphical form is the 'progress' of the war in terms of military dead for the US and its allies: