War by numbers

27: million Euros ($53 million) worth of humanitarian aid being sent to Iraq by the European Union.

5: number of European Union members who have joined the US-led "Coalition of the willing".

46: metres of vertical flame spewing from the toughest blazing oil well in Iraq's Rumaila field still to be put out.

80,000: monthly salary in Iraqi dinars ($73.45) for a recruit in the Republican Guard. The monthly average for a tertiary-qualified Iraqi civil servant is 10,000 dinars ($9.18).

100: new Osama bin Ladens who will be created by the invasion of Iraq, says Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

80: number of kilometres now between Baghdad and the frontline US Army units. Equivalent to a car journey from Auckland to Te Kauwhata.

1364.29: NZ dollars spent by fleeing Australian human shield Donna Mulhearn and five associates on a taxi dash from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan. The usual bus fare is $18.23.

30: Malaysian journalists being sent by their Government to replace "biased" Western media coverage.

2: journalists confirmed to have died during 13 days of coverage. Five are missing.

1: estimated hours of life left to about 20 per cent of battlefield wounded in Iraq unless they receive emergency treatment.

Herald Feature: Iraq war