Facts about the war
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Casualties
U.S. military: 79 dead, eight missing and seven captured
British military: 27 dead, none captured or missing
Iraqi forces: Neither Iraq nor the coalition has given an estimate of military casualties. Iraq says nearly 500 civilians have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded.
— Associated Press
Q&A
Q. What kind of information are reporters "embedded" with U.S. military units prohibited from reporting?
A. Defense Department rules say embedded reporters may not report, without permission, such sensitive information as a unit's exact position or its specific number of troops. They also may not report plans for future operations. Reporters can give approximate troop numbers and locations for their units, interview soldiers and officers and send full accounts of battles and other action.
Quote
"Either he's alive, and giving really bad direction to his armed forces, or he's dead and they're making things up as they go."
— Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace on President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi military campaign
By the numbers
17 — days since the war began
2,000 — aircraft flying from five aircraft carriers and 30 land bases
6,500 — Iraqi POWs held by U.S. forces
40,000 — gallons of water a day consumed by coalition forces
300,000 — MREs (meals, ready to eat) eaten daily by soldiers in the field
750,000 — pounds of mail sent per week to soldiers stationed in the war zone
2 million — tons of spare parts and support equipment moved around the battlefield each day
Oil prices
New York: Down 37 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $28.60 a barrel
London: Down 82 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $24.68 a barrel.
The time
Iraq's time zone is 14 hours ahead of Hawai'i time.
Persian Gulf weather
Monday's forecast:
Baghdad — Day: 87 degrees, showers. Night: 66 degrees.
Basra — Day: 97 degrees, partly cloudy. Night: 72 degrees.
Kuwait City — Day: 95 degrees, cloudy. Night: 70 degrees.
Unit spotlight
"The Purple Foxes"
The pilots of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 flew repeated missions to Baghdad's outskirts yesterday, picking up war wounded and taking them to emergency medical centers to the south. The Purple Foxes flew missions in Vietnam before deactivating in 1971. The squadron was reactivated in 1984 at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i. After reactivating, the squadron moved to California, where it is now.
Commander: Lt. Col. Mike W. Scott
