how much has the us spent on fighting isis?
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The air war against ISIS is costing the US about $11 million a day The air war against ISIS is costing the US about $11 million a day. Fighting the terrorist group ISIS from the air is coming at a high price for US taxpayers — about $11 million per day, according to the latest Defense Department data. The air war has cost the US about $5.5 billion total since it began in August 2014.
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Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan wars could hit $6 trillion Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan wars could hit $6 trillion. The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach as high as $6 trillion dollars – or $75,000 for every household in America – a new study from Harvard University has found.
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- 1 US spending is almost as much as than the next top 11 countries. 2  The United States and its strongest allies (the NATO countries, Japan, South Korea and Australia) spend something in the region of $1.2 trillion on their militaries combined, representing over 70 percent of the world’s total. US military spending is some 54 times the spending of Cuba, Iran, and Syria) whose spending amounts to around $12-13 billion, which is mostly Iran. 2  US spending is almost as much as than the next top 11 countries.
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Obama to Send 1,500 More Troops to Assist Iraq In addition, White House budget officials said they would ask Congress for $5 billion for military operations in the Middle East against the Islamic State, including $1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi troops. At its height in 2006 and 2007, the Iraq war was costing the United States more than $60 billion a year.n addition, White House budget officials said they would ask Congress for $5 billion for military operations in the Middle East against the Islamic State, including $1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi troops. At its height in 2006 and 2007, the Iraq war was costing the United States more than $60 billion a year.
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Initial Cost Estimates For The Iraq War Were Almost Too Low To Believe Initial Cost Estimates For The Iraq War Were Almost Too Low To Believe. The U.S. will shell out somewhere as much as $6 trillion dollars for the Iraq War, once all is said and done, according to a recent report out of Brown University. According to Reuters, that figure includes $1.7 trillion spent so far with an additional $490 billion in benefits.
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The War Against ISIS Could Cost American Taxpayers Up To $1.5 Billion A Month Since the U.S. has expanded the operation to include airstrikes on Syria, Adams has increased his initial estimate by $416 million a month, or nearly $5 billion per year in added costs. The majority of the $15 to $20 billion total comes from airstrikes, which Adams estimates will cost about $8 billion a year. The first set of raids in Syria, which occurred Monday night U.S. time, included 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by U.S. warships and more than 200 airstrikes by American and coalition jets.
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- Iran Says It's Willing to Fight ISIS, for a Price. By On 9/29/14 at 11:17 AM. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani smiles while replying to a question during a news conference on the sidelines of the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York September 26, 2014.
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Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan wars could hit $6 trillion Cost to US of Iraq and Afghan wars could hit $6 trillion. The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach as high as $6 trillion dollars – or $75,000 for every household in America – a new study from Harvard University has found. Photo: AP.
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Report: Price of Iraq, Afghan wars hits a staggering $6 trillion By • 3/2/15 2:37 PM. The final price tag of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach $6 trillion, 50 percent more than the whole federal government spends in a year, with biggest piece to be paid in the future as aging veterans consume health care, according to a new report.
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- Cost To: 1  Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying. $615,482 for Cost of Military Action Against ISIS. 2  Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying. $3.42 million for Cost of Pentagon Slush Fund. 3  Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying. $4 million for Cost of War in Afghanistan.
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U.S. Airstrikes In Syria Against ISIS May Cost As Much As $10 Billion Navy/Handout via Reuters. U.S. forces conducted on Wednesday a second day of bombing against ISIS targets in Syria, in an operation that President Barack Obama expects to last more than three years -- and which may cost as much as $10 billion a year, according to estimates compiled by Foreign Affairs magazine.
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The True Cost of the Afghanistan War May Surprise You And the U.S., he added, would share that bill with its allies. The new CRS report says the war in Iraq ended up costing $814.6 billion. Afghanistan has cost $685.6 billion. That, of course, was before the U.S. entered its third Iraq war in August, and before the U.S. decided to keep troops in Afghanistan through 2016.
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U.S. hits ISIS with airstrikes in Syria In addition to bombing ISIS, the United States has also taken action -- on its own -- against another terrorist organization, the Khorasan Group. U.S. President Barack Obama described Khorasan members as seasoned al Qaeda operatives in Syria..
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Study: Iraq, Afghan war costs to top $4 trillion Spending borrowed money to pay for the wars has also made them more expensive, the study noted. The conflicts have added $2 trillion to America’s debt, representing roughly 20 percent of the debt incurred between 2001 and 2012.
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General: Up to 900 ISIS fighters killed in battle for Mosul (CNN)The US and its allies have killed between 800 and 900 ISIS fighters in the operation to retake Mosul, US Army Gen. Joseph Votel said Thursday.
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- As of 2015, the Syrian economy relies upon inherently unreliable revenue sources such as dwindling customs and income taxes which are heavily bolstered by lines of credit from Iran. Iran is believed to spend between $6 billion and $20 billion USD a year on Syria during the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian economy has contracted 60% and the Syrian pound has lost 80% of its value, with the economy becoming part state-owned and part war economy.
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Countries spending the most on the military The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) measures annual military spending for most of the world's armed countries. According to SIPRI, the U.S. spent $618 billion on its military last year, more than three times the $171 billion budget of second place China. Based on SIPRI's 2013 data, these are the countries with the largest military budgets.
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Number of ISIS Fighters in Iraq and Syria Drops, Increases in Libya, US Official Says Previous U.S. estimates for Iraq and Syria in the past year have been that ISIS has remained constant at between 20,000 and 30,000, with a peak of 33,000, according to a Defense Department official.
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THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR: The Cost of War in Iraq. Since 2003, the United States has spent $818 billion to fund the war in Iraq -- and counting. Cost of War in Iraq. Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $117,035 for Cost of War in Iraq. 1  Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $117,035 for  2  Every hour taxpayers in the United States are paying $615,482 for Cost of Military Action Against ISIS.
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Who's Funding ISIS? Wealthy Gulf 'Angel Investors,' Officials Say advertisement. A small but steady flow of money to ISIS from rich individuals in the Gulf continues, say current and former U.S. officials, with Qataris the biggest suppliers.Small Handful' of Americans Fighting with ISIS. A U.S. intelligence official said the amount provided by wealthy individuals is small relative to the group’s other sources, but admitted that the flow continues.
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United States Armed Forces As of 2013, the United States spends about $554.2 billion annually to fund its military forces, and appropriates approximately $88.5 billion to fund Overseas Contingency Operations. Put together, the United States constitutes roughly 39 percent of the world's military expenditures.
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ISIS Attacks American Base In Iraq In First Ever Clash With U.S. Troops The U.S. troops, armed with “light and medium weapons,” and were able to inflict casualties against the ISIS fighters, forcing them to retreat, Shafaq News reported. The American troops were also aided by fighter jets, which directed air strikes against the ISIS troops that “silenced their heavy sources of fire.”.
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You Do Realize that the U.S. Funded and Trained ISIS, Right? Meanwhile, our government is still funding the “Syrian rebels” today! Back at the end of June, Obama was requesting another $500 million in aid for them, even though the fact that many were now calling themselves ISIS was so blatantly obvious even back then that it could no longer be disputed.
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ISIS: This Is How Much It Costs the US to Fight the Terror Group Every Day So far, the American military campaign against ISIS has cost $2.74 billion. That's an average daily cost of $9.1 million. ISIS: Trail of Terror. The military campaign began 10 months ago, on August 8, 2014, when the first airstrikes were conducted in Iraq.
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How ISIS makes (and takes) money Read More. The United States-led coalition fighting ISIS has repeatedly targeted ISIS oil assets in an effort to, in part, damage this arm of the group's financial system. ISIS is estimated to produce about 44,000 barrels a day in Syria and 4,000 barrels a day in Iraq, according to Foreign Policy.A Kurdish newspaper has published the names of people involved with ISIS and its oil enterprise, the magazine reported.ead More. The United States-led coalition fighting ISIS has repeatedly targeted ISIS oil assets in an effort to, in part, damage this arm of the group's financial system. ISIS is estimated to produce about 44,000 barrels a day in Syria and 4,000 barrels a day in Iraq, according to Foreign Policy.
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ISISLost 40 Percent of Territory in Iraq, 20 Percent in Syria: Coalition Spokesman In Syria, ISIS is fighting the army of President Bashar Assad and other rebel groups opposed to his rule. It is facing air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition and by Russia which has sent warplanes to support its ally, the Syrian government.