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 (End of war figures)


 I              Iraq                                                 Allies
   Before war         Losses                           Before war           Losses

    545,000           80,000*            Troops         530,0(X)          149 killed
                                                                         238 wounded
                                                                           81 missing
                                                                           13 POWs


 I              Iraq                                                 Allies
   Before war   Destroyed or damaged                   Before war    Destroyed or damaged

     4,230            4,000              Tanks          3,360                 4

     3,110            2,140              Artillery      3,633                 1

     2,870            1,856              ApC's          4,050                 9

      160               7              Helicopters      1,959                 17

      809             103**              Aircraft       2,600                 44

      60              83***               Ships          120                  2

 * Figures on numbers of Iraqi soldiers killed or wounded have been unavailable, but more than 80,000 Iraqi
 soldiers were taken prisoner during the 100 hours of the ground war.

 ** An additional 138 Iraqi aircraft currently are in Iran.

 *** Iraq acquired as many as 28 Kuwaiti naval vessels when it invaded Kuwait in August. Many of them have
 been destroyed by allied forces.


 Source: U.S. News and World Re~ort. Mar 11, 1991.


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