War by numbers

20: American soldiers killed.

17: British soldiers killed.

200: Total Iraqi civilian casualties, according to Iraqi officials.

62: Iraqi civilians killed yesterday, says Baghdad.

3000: Iraqi prisoners of war, according to the Pentagon.

7: American prisoners of war, according to Iraqi officials.

14: American soldiers missing, according to the Pentagon.

2: British soldiers missing, according to the British military.

2: Appearances by Saddam Hussein on Iraqi TV this week.

136.9 billion: The amount (in NZ dollars) President Bush is seeking from Congress to pay for the war.

125: Anti-war protesters arrested in San Francisco.

30: Apache helicopters attacked the Medina Division of Iraq's Republican Guard to prepare the way for ground troops to move into Baghdad.

320: The number of kilometres US forces have advanced into Iraqi territory since the start of the war.

550: Individual flights from aircraft based on three carriers - the Abraham Lincoln, the Kitty Hawk and the Constellation - in the Gulf during the first three days of war.

29: The average age of Australian SAS troops.

1,000,000: Citizens of Basra who have been without clean water or electricity since the weekend.

57: The cost (in NZ dollars) of a barrel of light crude oil - an increase of $3.20 since last week's price fall of 25 per cent.

Neither American nor Iraqi officials have released a total number of Iraqi soldiers killed.

Herald Feature: Iraq