As governor: More than 150 people put to death in Texas during Bush years, leading some to call him the 'Texecutioner.' Wanting to kill people even faster, in 1995 Bush oversaw passage of a law accelerating death-penalty appeals in state courts.
As president: Invades a sovereign nation that had not attacked the Unites States.
As of February 2006 (full story):
- 2,290 US soldiers killed, 16,72 seriously wounded.
- Spent & approved to spend in Iraq $350 billion of US taxpayers' money, plus another $120 billion requested in February 2006
- Troops Total 157,000, including 136,000 from the US, 8,500 from the UK, and 12,500 from all other nations (other than Iraq)
- US Troop Casualities 2,290 US troops; 98% male. 89% non-officers; 76% active duty, 15% National Guard; 74% white, 10% African-American, 11% Latino. 22% killed by non-hostile causes. 52% of US casualties were under 25 years old. 69% were from the US Army.
- Non-US Troop Casualties Total 204, with 101 from the UK.
- US Troops Wounded 16,742, 20% of which are serious brain or spinal injuries (total excludes psychological injuries)
- Journalists killed 61
- Journalists killed by US Forces 14
- Iraqi Military and Police Casualties 4,162
- Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated 40,300 to 81,700
- Iraqi Insurgents Killed, Roughly Estimated 53,470
- Non-Iraqi Contractors and Civilian Workers Killed 365
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Priests Purify Shrine After Bush Visit
By Associated Press
March 5, 2006
NEW DELHI - Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit. (full story)
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