Wednesday 21 January 2009

The financial cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan










In response to a question asked in Parliament about the cost to the Treasury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003, Defence Secretary John Hutton replied that the net additional cost was as follows (the figures for 2008-09 are forecast): £million











So over six years the additional cost to the Defence budget of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan amounts to about £12billion. Putting it another way, that's about half the amount given to Northern Rock or 2.5% of the amount of our money that the Labour Government has used to bail out its toxic friends in the City.

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