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Numbers

_ Casualties: Among U.S. troops, 57 dead, 16 missing and seven captured, according to the Pentagon (news - web sites). Among British troops, 27 dead.

_ Deployed: More than 300,000 allied troops are in the region, with about 255,000 from the United States, 45,000 British troops, 2,000 Australia troops, 400 Czech and Slovak troops, 200 Polish troops. Nearly 100,000 more U.S. forces on the way.

_ Timeline: Friday is the 16th day of the war, which began in Iraq on March 20.

_ Iraqi troops estimate: 350,000.

_ Iraqi deaths: Neither Iraq nor the coalition has released an estimate of military casualties. Iraq says nearly 500 civilians have been killed and more than 4,000 have been wounded since the war began.

_ Bombs dropped in Iraq: 750 Tomahawk cruise missiles, more than 14,000 precision-guided munitions and an unspecified number of cluster bombs have been fired on Iraq.

_ Iraqi prisoners of war: U.S. forces are holding more than 4,500 prisoners of war, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday, and U.S. Marines reported Friday that about 2,500 Republican Guards had surrendered. Early in the week, Britain said there were 8,000 Iraqi prisoners of war in all.

» Yahoo! News - Numbers and Estimates For Iraq War

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