1000
Radiation sources capable of being made into dirty bombs still unaccounted for in Iraq (highest estimate). Many were used in hospitals and factories, and 400 were stored at the Tuwaitha nuclear research centre, outside Baghdad.1
130
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Uranium containers are still missing after the Tuwaitha nuclear facility was looted. Civilians emptied the containers 鈥� which contained uranium-based waste 鈥� to use them to store food.2
290
Cases of cancer in children reported by the Medical City hospital in Baghdad in the past year, up from 140 in 1994. Rates of childhood leukaemia and other cancers have more than doubled in the past decade, according to Baghdad doctors, though looting of the health ministry building after the US invasion has left them without precise statistics.3
3664
Cluster bombs used by coalition forces in Iraq. Each one contained between 10 and 149 sub-munitions. 2096 of these were ground-launched L20 munitions, which are designed to self-destruct if they fail to detonate on impact. The number of items of unexploded ordnance left on the ground, known as 鈥渆xplosive remnants of war鈥�, is dictated by the failure rate of the different types of munitions, which ranges from 2 to 10 per cent.4
20
The maximum number of accidents in one day caused by unexploded ordnance, such as mines, missiles and cluster bombs in each of the 18 governorates in Iraq. About 30 per cent of victims die, even with good medical care.5
430,000
Baghdad residents now signed up to the state-owned internet company. Another 12,000 are joining each week.6
1.2 MILLION
Telephone subscribers in Iraq: 45.7 per cent more than before the war. While fixed-line subscriptions remain significantly below pre-war levels, nearly half a million subscribers now own cellphones, which were almost unknown in Iraq before the war.6
11
Types of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by coalition forces in Iraq. Over 100 more drones were deployed than in Afghanistan. But the strike rate was higher in Afghanistan, where UAVs used onboard lasers to illuminate over 400 more targets, and ordnance such as Hellfire missiles to strike twice as many targets, as in Iraq. Bad weather was partly to blame, with high winds and sandstorms causing 60 per cent of UAV missions in Iraq to be aborted.7
5
Cruise missiles thought to have malfunctioned and crashed in Saudi Arabia after being launched from US navy vessels. Stray missiles were also thought to have hit Iran, Turkey and Kuwait. Ten days into the war, the Pentagon was forced to suspend Tomahawk cruise missile launches over parts of Saudi Arabia.8
100
Surface to air missiles thought to be lying abandoned in Baghdad. Some have been damaged by shrapnel, while others still hold volatile rocket fuel and carry functioning warheads. Up to 1000 such missiles are thought to litter the country. Many, and their supporting trailers, have been looted for scrap metal, dangerously weakening their structure.9
55 BILLION
The sum (in US dollars) required over the next four years to restore public services in Iraq, according to a World Bank estimate. This includes $1.6 billion for health, $6.8 billion for water and sanitation and $12 billion for electricity.4
18
Palm nurseries set up by the agriculture ministry in a bid to revive the country鈥檚 shattered date-palm industry, once the world鈥檚 largest. Iraq now has just 13 million date palms, down from 33 million in 1960. The nurseries will also help preserve the country鈥檚 unique collection of 621 varieties of date palm.10
27
Major archaeological sites looted across Iraq 鈥� the heart of ancient Mesopotamia. They include parts of famous sites such as Babylon and Nineveh, but details are sketchy. At the National Museum in Baghdad, where looting was widely reported in the days after US forces invaded the city, 250 of the 600 artefacts on display are thought to be damaged and 100 missing. Of the 491,418 artefacts kept in the museum鈥檚 storerooms, around 15,000 are missing and 25,000 are damaged.11
60
Percentage of Iraqi families dependant on government food rations. Most of Iraq鈥檚 27 million people receive some handouts, which began in the 1990s as part of the UN鈥檚 Oil-for-Food Programme. There is food in city markets, but prices are too high for most people.12
5 MILLION
Children aged 6 to 12 years old have received measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations in the past year in a joint operation of the Iraqi health ministry, UNICEF and the World Health Organization. It is, according to USAID, 鈥渢he first national health programme to restart after the war鈥�.6
1.4 MILLION
Litres of clean water delivered in bottles or plastic containers by aid agencies across Iraq every day because public services have failed or supplies are polluted.13
8 MILLION
Maths and science textbooks distributed to schools by USAID, which says it has distributed 159,005 desks for students, 26,437 desks for teachers, 59,940 chairs for teachers, and 61,500 blackboards.13
484,833
US citizens given smallpox vaccination to prepare for an anticipated attack by an Iraqi smallpox weapon. Most were soldiers, but the figure includes 34,541 civilians, most working in health care. No evidence that Saddam possessed such a weapon has emerged.14
52
Of those given a smallpox vaccination for the first time developed an unexpected complication: inflammation of the heart.14
0
Nuclear weapons, nuclear explosives or active programmes to develop nuclear weapons found in Iraq. During the past year, firm evidence has emerged that North Korea and Iran are trying to use civil nuclear technologies such as reprocessing and enrichment to make bombs.15
3850
Tonnes of chemical weapons were estimated to be in Iraq before the war began in 2003. The estimate, by the Federation of American 杏吧原创s, was based on material unaccounted for by UNSCOM weapons inspectors.16
0
Tonnes of chemical weapons discovered in Iraq by UNMOVIC weapons inspectors before the war, and by US search teams after.
1
Number of chemical armaments found by US troops since invading Iraq. The shell was set by insurgents as a booby trap, apparently without realising it was laced with the nerve agent sarin. Two US soldiers were exposed to the chemical.17
1500
杏吧原创s and engineers re-employed by the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003. Over 3500 were thought to have worked on Iraqi weapons before the war.18
UNKNOWN
The amount of armour-piercing munitions tipped with depleted uranium (DU) fired by US armed forces during the conflict and occupation. The United Nations Environment Programme has not been able to enter Iraq to gauge the risk this DU poses to human health and the environment.
SOURCES:
1 International Atomic Energy Agency
2 Greenpeace International
3 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
4 Medact, London
5 International Committee of the Red Cross
6 US Department of Defense
7 Defense News quoted by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
8 Global Security
9 UNICEF
10 Institute for War and Peace Reporting
11 According to a tally kept by Francis Deblauwe of the University of Missouri, Kansas City
12 UN World Food Programme
13 US Agency for International Development (USAID)
14 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 2003, Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2003
15 International Atomic Energy Agency
16 Worldwatch July/August 2003
17 Central Command, US forces, Baghdad
18 RANSAC report April 2004
