Facts about the war
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Casualties
U.S. military: 44 dead, seven captured, 16 missing
British military: 26 dead, none captured or missing
Iraqi forces: No estimate of military casualties
— Associated Press
Quote
"They're fighting America and they're fighting those who don't fight America."
— Hoshiar Zubairy, an Iraqi opposition spokesman, on members of Saddam's Fedayeen, paramilitary troops who help assure that regular Iraqi soldiers don't defect.
By the numbers
10 — percent failure rate for U.S. precision weapons
13 — days since start of war
700 — Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by the U.S. during the war
800 — strike missions flown by coalition planes yesterday
1,300 — Tomahawks U.S. estimated to have left
2,000 — sorties flown by coalition planes yesterday
3,600 — jobs at Air Canada to be cut because the war is likely to worsen slumping demand
8,000 — precision-guided weapons used by the U.S. since the start of the war
20,450 — precision-guided weapons used in the first Gulf War
$1,400,000 — estimated cost of a new Tomahawk
Oil prices
New York: up 88 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $31.04 a barrel
London: up 83 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $27.18 a barrel
The time
Iraq's time zone is 13 hours ahead of Hawai'i time.
Persian Gulf weather
Tomorrow's forecast:
Baghdad — Day: 78 degrees, mostly sunny. Night: 45 degrees.
Basra — Day: 86 degrees, sunny. Night: 52 degrees.
Kuwait City — Day: 84 degrees, mostly sunny. Night: 52 degrees.
Unit spotlight
The 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, stopped Sunday beside a sign that said: "Welcome to the Governate of Wasit." Their reception, however, was a bit too warm: Over the next 12 hours Iraqi fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, artillery and AK-47 rifle fire at the Marines. Yet by last night, the Marines in this area of central Iraq declared it one of the best days yet. None of them were wounded, and at the town of Qal at Sukkar, they were cheered by townspeople who helped them uncover large caches of weapons.
Motto: Whatever it takes
Commanding officer: Lt. Col. Robert O. Sinclair
Activated: Aug. 1, 1922 at Santiago, Dominican Republic
Recent operation participation: Desert Shield and Desert Storm, southwest Asia; Provide Relief, Somalia; Vigilant Warrior, Kuwait; Iraqi Freedom
