Pentagon sees U.S. war cost in Iraq rising

January 18, 2007
Pentagon sees U.S. war cost in Iraq rising

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The steadily rising Iraq war price tag will reach about $8.4
billion a month this year, Pentagon spokesmen said on Thursday, as heavy replacement costs for
lost, destroyed and aging equipment mount.

The Pentagon has been estimating last year's costs for the increasingly unpopular war at about
$8 billion a month, having increased from a monthly "burn rate" of around $4.4 billion during the
first year of fighting in fiscal 2003.