[THS] The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond

[The Harder Stuff in news and commentary]

AP: 'Combat in Iraq is not over, and we should not uncritically repeat suggestions
that it is':

Memo from the AP's standards editor
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=190064

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US 'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011:

The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to
keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts
and former officers say.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100905/wl_afp/usiraqmilitary

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The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond:

This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration's 2003
projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090302200.html


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