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Iraq and Afghan costs 'to double'

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posted on Mar, 10 2008 @ 12:00 PM
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Iraq and Afghan costs 'to double'


news.bbc.co.uk

The costs of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq this year are likely to almost double to £3.297bn, a committee of MPs has warned.

The Commons defence committee said operational costs for this financial year were now forecast to reach £3.297bn - a 94% increase on last year.

This included a 72% rise in spending on Iraq to £1.648bn, despite ongoing falls in troop numbers.

Last year's total spending on the two conflicts was £1.698bn.

The cost of the Afghan conflict would rise 122% to £1.649bn this year, the MPs said.
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posted on Mar, 10 2008 @ 12:00 PM
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I'd love to hear from anyone who can explain to me what we're spending just under £9,000,000 per day on and why, whilst troop numbers decline, our spending committment is set to double.

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posted on Mar, 10 2008 @ 12:36 PM
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Originally posted by coughymachine


I'd love to hear from anyone who can explain to me what we're spending just under £9,000,000 per day on and why, whilst troop numbers decline, our spending committment is set to double.




perhaps the accounting is bundling together several things;

= the combat troops
= along with the NATO commitments of forces and equiptment in Afgh & Iraq
= then there's the training and arming the Iraqi replacement forces
= then there's flooding the Iraq with money, just like the USA does...
its a contrived & engineered economy, just above black market / barter



posted on Mar, 10 2008 @ 12:43 PM
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Wouldn't all those elements have been bundled together in last year's funding number too? When there were more troops...



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