Facts about the war
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Casualties
U.S. military: 26 dead
British military: 22 dead
Quote
"Smart weapons are perhaps a tremendous advance in military action, but I fail to see how a smart weapon is going to distinguish between a good Iraqi and a bad Iraqi."
— Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister
By the numbers
2 — dollars a day is the wage of almost a third of the 300 million people in the Middle East
30 — Iraqis living in the United States who have been detained by the FBI
33 — percent drop Monday in U.S. public opinion on whether the war is going well, down to 38 from 71 on Friday
231 — tons of water, food, blankets, plastic sheeting for shelter and medical packs on the Sir Galahad, a British vessel, steaming in the Gulf toward Umm Qasr
474 — marriage licenses issued in El Dorado County, Calif., up from 269 the month before. Many have been members of the military, eager to marry before war derailed their plans.
1,500 — sorties flown by U.S. and U.K. aircraft yesterday
5,000 — Iraqis living in the United States questioned by the FBI
10,000 — men in Iraq's Medina Division of the Republican Guard
16,000 — missions flown by coalition aircraft during the first five days of the war
531,000,000,000 — dollars is the combined gross domestic product in 1999 of the 22 Arab economies in the Middle East, or $210 billion less than that of Texas.
Oil prices
New York: Down 66 cents, or 2.3 percent, at $28 a barrel
London: Down $1.14, or 4.4 percent, at $24.95 a barrel
The time
Iraq's time zone is 13 hours ahead of Hawai'i time.
Persian Gulf weather
Thursday's forecast:
Baghdad — Daytime: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Night: 38 degrees.
Basra — Daytime: 73 degrees, mostly sunny. Night: 57 degrees.
Kuwait City — Day: 76 degrees, mostly sunny. Night: 57 degrees.
Unit spotlight
On order, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor deploys by air, sea, and land to any contingency area, projects a strong forward presence. Anchoring the northern end of the front, the regiment was also engulfed in yesterday's sandstorm. Troops resorted to thermal scanning devices to guard against snipers who have killed one G.I. at a nearby bivouac site.
Slogan on its Web site: When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight ... the fastest distributors of pain and destruction in the XVIII Airborne Corps
Facilities: Fort Stewart, Ga.
Commander: Lt. Col. Philip D. deCamp
Web site: www.stewart.army.mil
