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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (1145)	7/10/2003 11:19:52 AM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 22250

The Costs: 47 billion a year just for the US troops to stay in Iraq... ------------------------------------------------- Rumsfeld Doubles Estimate for Cost of Troops in Iraq By THOM SHANKER ASHINGTON, July 9 - Gen. Tommy R. Franks said today that violence and uncertainty in Iraq made it unlikely that troop levels would be reduced "for the foreseeable future," and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld nearly doubled the estimated military costs there to $3.9 billion a month. ... nytimes.com