War by numbers

1000: US troops, called the Sky Soldiers, parachute into northern Iraq and seize an airfield in Kurdish-controlled territory.

22: British troops have been killed since the war began.

26: American soldiers have been killed.

1000: Iraqis have been killed in the fighting in and around the holy city of Najaf, 160km south of Baghdad.

4000: Iraqi prisoners of war, say US officials.

7: US prisoners of war, say Iraqi officials.

8: US soldiers missing, says the Pentagon.

600: Fibrin bandages, made to stop massive blood loss, have arrived in the Gulf for use on injured coalition troops.

1849: Is the cost of each bandage (in NZ dollars).

8: 500lb bombs dropped on Iraqis fighting near Najaf.

5: US soldiers sent to hospital in Spain after being wounded in Iraq.

30: Blasts that rocked Baghdad yesterday.

15: Civilians killed in Baghdad marketplace.

2: Days of talks at Camp David get under way between US President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

30,000: Additional troops from the 4th Infantry Division, originally headed for Turkey, will be deployed in Iraq, says the Pentagon.

120: Vehicles in an Iraqi convoy came under fire from American and British warplanes and artillery as it headed south of Basra.

350: Iraqi civilians have been killed in eight days, says Iraqi Health Minister Umeed Midhat Mubarak.

Herald Feature: Iraq