Counting up the losses from Iraq War (2003 - 2011) -- now that ISIL is invading major cities and Iraqi army "melts away"

from story posted online by Free Press writers John Wisley and L.L Brasier (June 15 edition): Michigan lost at least 160 soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in Iraq (2003 - 11) to hostile action and other causes, according to data from icasualties.org, which tracks casualties from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Another 999 military personnel from Michigan were wounded, according to the Department of Defense. In total, nearly 4,800 U.S. and coalition military personnel were killed in Iraq, including 107 women, and more than 32,000 were wounded. It also was a costly war financially for the U.S. The war will eventually cost U.S. taxpayers at least $2.2 trillion, including long-term care for wounded veterans, according to a 2013 study by the Costs of War project, based at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. http://www.freep.com/article/20140615/NEWS06/306150069/Michigan-veterans-Iraq-civil-war?odyssey=obinsite