War by Numbers

24: Years of rule by Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

3: Wars involving Iraq during Saddam's rule.

0: Recent sightings of Saddam Hussein.

6: Height in metres of the destroyed statue of Saddam in Fardus Square, Baghdad.

180: Distance in kilometres from Baghdad to Tikrit, Saddam's birthplace.

43: Iraqi politicians, 14 of them former exiles, named to take part in a meeting tomorrow on the future of the country.

70: Iraqis recruited into the Free Iraqi Forces, part of the US Army.

24: Syrian fighters tried to negotiate taxi rides home as US tanks roll into central Baghdad.

101: American soldiers killed, and 11 are missing.

30: British dead.

2,000,000: Shi'ite Muslims in Saddam City, a suburb in east Baghdad.