COST OF US WAR AGAINST ISIS PASSES $780M AS PENTAGON HINTS REQUESTS FOR MORE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, September 29, 2014, 13:14

An aircraft lands after missions targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq from the deck of the US aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush in the Persian Gulf. Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

The cost of the US-led war against the Islamic State (Isis) militant group has totalled at least $780m, according to a new estimate, as US drones and warplanes continued to attack Isis positions in Iraq and Syria on Monday.

The US defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, said on Friday that the US military is spending up to $10m a day and is likely to request more money from Congress to fund a war whose duration is uncertain. In August, before the US expanded strikes against Isis into Syria, the Pentagon estimated its daily war costs at $7.5m and has yet to provide a more precise estimate.

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