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according to Harvard and Columbia University professors.
h t t p : / / w w w 2 .gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/cost_of_war_in_iraq.pdf
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Of course, this is not meant to put too fine a point on the monetary cost in relation to the human cost.
h t t p : / / w w w 2 .gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/cost_of_war_in_iraq.pdf
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Congress has already appropriated more than $357 billion for military operations, reconstruction, embassy costs, enhanced security at US bases and foreign aid programs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The costs of the war in Iraq that have been reported in the media have almost exclusively focussed on one type of cost - the $251 bn in cash that the government has spent on combat operations... additional costs include disability payments to veterans,... the cost of replacing military equipment and munitions..., the cost of medical treatment..., the costs of transportation...recruitment costs..., interest on the money [the government] has borrowed to finance the war.
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We have estimated the budgetary costs using two scenarios. Both scenarios are based on the troop deployment projected by the Congressional Budgetary Office. Our "conservative" scenario...the direct cost to the government are likely to exceed $700 bn.
Under a second, "moderate" scenario...this would raise the cost of the war to over $1.2 trillion.
Of course, this is not meant to put too fine a point on the monetary cost in relation to the human cost.
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