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U.S. Anti-Terrorism War to Cost 30 Billion Dollars This Year

The United States war against terrorism will cost 30 billion dollars this year, according to Defense Department documents released by the Associated Press on Monday.


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The United States war against terrorism will cost 30 billion dollars this year, according to Defense Department documents released by the Associated Press on Monday.

This amount is more than the 17.4 billion dollars granted to the Pentagon by U.S. Congress for the war and the domestic fight against terrorism this fiscal year, which ends on September 30.

The Pentagon estimated that it will need an additional 12.6 billion dollars over the next seven months for its operations in the United States, Afghanistan and other places.

The 50-page Pentagon report said if operations continue like the way they are going, available funding will be exhausted by April or May.

According to the documents, of the 17.4 billion dollars provided to the Pentagon, 5.3 billion dollars was used for Enduring Freedom, the operation in Afghanistan, 5 billion dollars for Pentagon activities at home, 61 million dollars for humanitarian supplies, and 19 million dollars for the costs of holding al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

President George W. Bush is expected to ask Congress in March to approve extra money for the operations in Afghanistan and for efforts to improve domestic security.

The White House budget office said it had not made a final decision about how much the administration would request from Congress for the Pentagon and other agencies.

"We're still working on the requests, and we will submit the information to Congress when we're ready," said Amy Call, an office spokeswoman.





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