74 PERCENT OF ARMY SOLDIERS IN IRAQ HAVE SERVED TWO OR MORE TOURS

If ever there was a compelling argument for the return of the military draft, the Pentagon just released figures indicating 74 percent of the 155,000 Army soldiers in Iraq have served two or more tours in Iraq.

The Iraq Quagmire: Numbers to Date

Internally displaced refugees in Iraq:

3.4 millionIraqi refugees living abroad:

2.2-2.4 millionIraqi refugees admitted to the U.S.:

Number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq:155,000

Number of "Coalition of the Willing" soldiers in Iraq:February 2008: 9,895

September 2006: 18,000

November 2004: 25,595

Army soldiers in Iraq who have served two or more tours: 74%

Number of Private Military Contractors in Iraq: 180,000

Number of Private Military Contractors criminally prosecuted by the U.S. government for violence or abuse in Iraq: 1

Number of contract workers killed: 917