War by numbers

5: Metres of visibility in sandstorm south of Baghdad.

60: Hours the sandstorm is expected to last.

22: US military killed.

7: US soldiers missing.

7: US soldiers captured.

20: British soldiers killed.

650: Iraqi military killed in battle near Najaf, according to US officers.

158: Iraqi civilians killed, according to Iraqi officials.

3500: Prisoners taken by coalition forces in the first six days of war.

27: Injured US soldiers flown to a military hospital in Germany.

40: Age of the oldest man in the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division's Apache Company.

18: The youngest in the same company.

7.35: (in NZ dollars) the monthly pay cheque for an Iraqi soldier.

10: Hours of pre-taped addresses to the nation by Saddam Hussein according to British and US intelligence.

2: Bottlenose Atlantic dolphins being used by the US Navy to search for mines near the port of Umm Qasr.

230: Tanks in the US 3rd Infantry Division.

58: AH1 Super Cobra helicopters with the US I Marine Expeditionary Force.

3000: Chemical suits US says it found at Nasiriyah Hospital.

40: Tomahawk cruise missiles and bombs hit the outskirts of Baghdad yesterday.

Herald Feature: Iraq