End of Iraq War quiet ceremony at Baghdad airport
The U S formally ends the Iraq War with a low profile closing ceremony behind blast walls at Baghdad International. About 200 attendees hear brief remarks as U S forces lower the flag and pack it away. The war leaves tens of thousands dead or wounded, costs exceeding 800 billion dollars, and a fractured Iraq with ongoing sectarian tension.
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Bootleg Methanol Liquor Kills 143 in India
In eastern India 143 people died after drinking toxic bootleg liquor bought at small shops. Dozens more fell ill as emergency teams moved through a village near Sangrampur. Police arrested 10 suspected bootleggers as thousands mourned outside the hospital amid grieving families and crowded wards.
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Iraq War by the Numbers Caseloads and Costs
A compact briefing lists casualties and costs of the Iraq War through late 2011. It records U.S. military deaths at 4,487 and wounded at 31,921 hostile plus 40,350 non-hostile, civilian contractor deaths over 2,097, Iraqi deaths at least 103,775, 464 killed Iraqi academics, 174 journalists, costs over 805 billion dollars, and troop levels from 2007 to October 2011 ranging from 170,000 peak to 39,000 in October 2011.
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