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Iraq war cost $319bn in 2006, says US

The United States has appropriated an estimated $319 billion for the war on Iraq through 2006 with an emergency spending package approved by Congress Thursday, the Congressional Research Service said.

The agency said average monthly spending on the war in Iraq may rise to $8 billion this fiscal year, up from $6.4 billion a month in 2005.

It said the Department of Defense's annual war funding rose from about $73 billion in fiscal 2004 to $102 billion in fiscal 2005, 'and may reach $118 billion in FY 2006 if the pending supplemental is enacted,' the report said.

The report was issued shortly before Congress approved a $94.5 billion emergency spending bill that included $65.8 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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