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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 11:52 AM
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"Wars Force Army Equipment Costs to Triple"
WASHINGTON (AP) - The annual cost of replacing, repairing and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan is expected to more than triple next year to more than $17 billion, according to Army documents obtained by the Associated Press.

From 2002 to 2006, the Army spent an average of $4 billion a year in annual equipment costs. But as the war takes a harder toll on the military, that number is projected to balloon to more than $12 billion for the federal budget year that starts next Oct. 1, the documents show.

The $17 billion also includes an additional $5 billion in equipment expenses that the Army requested in previous years but has not yet been provided.

The latest costs include the transfer of more than 1,200 2 1/2-ton trucks, nearly 1,100 Humvees and $8.8 million in other equipment from the U.S. Army to the Iraqi security forces.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060627/D8IGMQOO0.html
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 11:55 AM
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1. Where's Dom DeLouise when you need him!?
TREASURE BATH! TREASURE BATH! TREASURE BATH!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 12:03 PM
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2. Transferring 2,300 heavy vehicles to Iraq huh..
We're not ever leaving.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 12:08 PM
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3. A lot of that is to do with the fact
that sand f*cks most things were were not designed for that environment.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 01:17 PM
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4. More for the
Military Industrial complex! AKA Corporate welfare!!! At least the discussion is about such things as trucks and humvees (which do wear out and I.E.D's take a toll along the sand) and not razzle dazzle high tech stuff like our really unneeded F22 Raptor and such. Had an LTTE published today in the St. Louis Post -Dispatch on the GAO report on the Raptor, if anyone is interested.....
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