Pentagon: 3 Months in Iraq Cost $14B

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WASHINGTON - The ongoing war in Iraq (news - web sites) cost about $4 billion in September, spiked to $7 billion in October and hit just under $3 billion in November, the Pentagon (news - web sites) said Wednesday in its latest report on how much the military operation costs.


That amounted to roughly $14 billion spent on U.S. military operations in Iraq over the three-month period late last year, the latest figures available, said Dov Zakheim, the Pentagon's chief financial official.


He said analysts were trying to determine why the costs spiked in October.


Officials previously had said the occupation of Iraq is costing $1 billion a week.


Zakheim also sought to allay concerns, expressed by top military chiefs to a congressional committee Tuesday, that the Pentagon would run out of money to finance the efforts.

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