9/11 by the numbers

3000

Approximate number of people who died as a direct result of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the plane crash in Pennsylvania on 9/11

4,477

Number of U.S. troops who have died so far in Iraq

1,534

Number of U.S. troops who have died so far in the Afghanistan war

250,000

Estimated total number of people who have died as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

1.8 million

Number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

3.5 million

Number of Iraqis who were either displaced internally or sought refuge outside their country since the 2003 invasion

$1.4 trillion

Estimated cost of war funding since 9/11 terror attacks, according to the Congressional research service

$3.7 trillion to

$4.4 trillion

Amount researchers at Brown University estimate has been the total war-related expenses for the U.S. government since 9/11

$200 billion

Amount of interest paid so far on money borrowed to fund post-9/11 wars

$5.6 trillion

Total amount of U.S. government debt in 2001

$14.6 trillion

Current U.S. debt

46,000

Number of U.S. personnel currently serving in Iraq

$390,000

Amount it costs per year to station just one soldier in Iraq

$6.6 billion

Amount of taxpayer money earmarked for Iraq reconstruction that remains unaccounted for, i.e. stolen

100,000

U.S. personnel currently serving in Afghanistan

$20.2 billion

Amount it costs to provide air conditioning to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq annually

1

Percent of news coverage devoted to Iraq war in 2010

4

Percent of news coverage devoted to Afghanistan war in 2010

$37.7 billion

Amount of annual funding the Department of Homeland Security received when it was created in 2001

$71.6 billion

Amount expected to be spent by U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2012

$649 billion

> Email Curt Guyette