Pentagon: War Cost Is $20 Billion So Far
 

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Iraq war has cost at least $20 billion and probably will consume that much or more in the next five months, the Pentagon's top budget officer said Wednesday.

An additional $5 billion to $7 billion will be needed to pay for getting U.S. troops from the Persian Gulf region to their home bases, officials said. That process is just now beginning.

Those totals do not include the yet to be calculated sums for postwar reconstruction of Iraq, the Defense Department's comptroller said at a news conference. The United States is counting on contributions from other countries to pay part of the rebuilding cost.

Dov Zakheim said military operations in Iraq to date have cost about $10 billion to $12 billion. Personnel costs have been about $6 billion and the cost of munitions has been more than $3 billion. The figures include what it cost to move 250,000 troops to the Persian Gulf area.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...573349,00.html

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Also..

US troops shoot dead 11 people in a protest against the US invasion of their country.


IRAQ is the liberation station people :)



Im suprised CNN actually confirmed this report.

Dissent will not be tolerated!

In Mosul that is.

simon, did you have a problem when hundreds of iraqis were killed in basra when they tried to rise up in 91 ?

You left out major portions of the story...intentionally I assume.

"War Cost Is $20 Billion So Far "

yeah and i feel like i fucking paid for half of it yesterday in taxes.. :(

President Bush signed the authorization bill today for $80 Billion.

So everyone here just donated about $727 to pay for the war.

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If they can give me just 1 billion dollars I will feel liberated!

Is that all? :feels-hot