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Costs to rebuild Iraq increase
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Thursday, July 10, 2003
Yesterday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld estimated that the cost of US operations in Iraq were $3.9 billion a month, which will cover January through September of this year.
Rumsfeld agreed with senators that N.A.T.O. needs to play a bigger role in Iraq, and he said that he would support troop contributions from France and Germany, despite their opposition to the war.
Rumsfeld estimated that operations in Afghanistan were costing $900- $950 million a month. Last month, members of Congress cited estimates of $3 billion a month for Iraq and $500 million for Afghanistan.
