Name _________________________________                                                        Mods 15-16

ABC News - Monday, March 20

Third Anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq - Special Broadcast

 

1.  2,314 US troops have been killed in Iraq. More than ________________________ Iraqis have died.

 

2.  The US spends $______  billion a month on Iraq.

 

3.  The Pentagon has spent $10 billion to equip 128,000 police and 113,000 ____________________.

 

4.  Sadr City had been defended by 1,500 American soldiers; they have been replaced by Iraqi security forces. Today, only _______ US soldiers remain in Sadr City.

 

5.  These Iraqis are considered to be Level Two forces, meaning they are capable of taking the lead in the fight as long as there’s some ______ forces present.

 

6.  There are currently 60 Level Two battalions with ______________ security forces capable of                   leading the fight.

 

7.  The Iraqis have other problems: no armored vehicles, no matching uniforms, and some of them even have trouble getting _________________ delivered to their troops.

 

8.  A new insurgent propaganda tape shows a visit to a ____________________.

 

9.  The number of active insurgents is estimated at about 30,000 across Iraq, but there are hundreds of thousands more who are helping the insurgents.

 

10.  US intelligence now thinks that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi now leads only one of Iraq’s                             60 to ___________ insurgent groups.

 

11.  Insurgents move men, money, and arms across the largely unguarded borders with ____________,    Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

 

12.  Iraq is a nation of __________ million people.

 

13.  The situation in Iraq has worsened; since the war began, millions fewer Iraqis have           _____________________________ water.

 

14.  In Baghdad, there is electricity for just ____ hours a day, compared to _____ hours before the war.

 

15.  Today, there are also long lines for ______, which would have never occurred under Saddam.

 

16.  In 2003, the White House estimates the cost of the war will be $______ to ______ billion.

 

17.  The 2006 estimated total cost of the war is $________ billion.

 

18.  US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay said the reason they’re taking so long to form a government is because “they’re trying to form a government of national unity, agree on a program, and agree on processes for decision-making.  There is not a lot of tradition for _________________________.”

 

19.  Khalilzad continued, “This is a period of vulnerability. The terrorists are seeking to promote                 _________  _______.”  Former Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, said this weekend, “If this is not a civil war, than God knows what a civil war is.”

 

2003                                                                            2006

20.                               72% of Americans supported the war                           ________%

 

21.                               65% said they approve of Bush’s Iraq policy                 ________%

 

22.  __________________ American children have a parent serving in Iraq.

 

23.  In Clarksville, Tennessee, at Northeast High School, ____ out of every ____ students has a parent serving in the military, deployed in the war.

 

24.  ______________ of Northeast High School’s parents have been killed in action.