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 America spends $1 billion to oust Gaddafi

 

It probably has cost the United States of America about $1 billion to get rid of the former strong man of Libya. According to the Pentagon, that was the cost to U.S. taxpayers for Muammar Gaddafi’s head, the latest figure just out of the Defence Department.

The final totals will take some time to add up, and still do not include the State Department, CIA, and other agencies involved or other NATO and participating countries. 

Vice President Joe Biden said the U.S. “spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life.” NATO does not track the operational costs to each member country, but the funds directly taken from a common NATO account for Libya operations have totaled about $7.4 million per month for electronic warfare capabilities and $1.1 million per month for headquarters and command staff, a NATO spokesman said.

From the beginning of Operation Unified Protector in March, critics have questioned whether the U.S. could afford to open a third front. The Congressional Research Services estimate the Afghanistan war has cost nearly $500 billion so far. With Iraq, the figure easily tops $1 trillion.

 source: The Nation