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Casualties: Among U.S. troops, 125 dead 36 of these have been classified as accidents, and three missing. Among British troops, 31 dead 16 have been classified as accidental.

U.S. POWs freed: Eight.

Deployed: More than 300,000 allied troops are in the region, with about 255,000 from the United States and 45,000 from Britain, 2,000 Australian troops, 400 Czech and Slovak, and 200 Polish. About 140,000 of the coalition troops are inside Iraq.

Timeline: Wednesday was the 28th day of fighting. The war began on March 20 in Iraq.
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Aid: Jordan sent Iraq 11 trucks of medical supplies and 50 trucks carrying flour donated by the World Food Program; the Spanish Red Cross sent 12,000 blankets; the United States flew in more than 38,000 ready-to-eat meals; Bahrain donated nearly 5 tons of clothes to hospitals.

Refugees: At the height of the fighting, an estimated 300,000 Iraqis fled into northern Iraq. All but about 3,000 have returned home.

Cost: The Pentagon's estimated cost for the Iraq war so far is $20 billion dollars.

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