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October 21, 2009

PENTAGON PAYS $400 A GALLON TO FUEL AF-PAK WAR

The Hill - The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan. The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.

Pentagon officials have told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee a gallon of fuel costs the military about $400 by the time it arrives in the remote locations in Afghanistan where U.S. troops operate. . .

A landlocked country, Afghanistan has no seaports and a shortage of airports and navigable roads. The nearest port is in Karachi, Pakistan, where fuel for U.S. troops is shipped.

10/21/2009

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Anonymous impeach obama, recall the house, recall the senate. said...

The Super Rich are Laughing
The US as Failed State
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

“According to reports, the US Marines in Afghanistan use 800,000 gallons of gasoline per day. At $400 per gallon, that comes to a $320,000,000 daily fuel bill for the Marines alone. Only a country totally out of control would squander resources in this way.”
http://counterpunch.org/roberts10222009.html

October 22, 2009 2:18 PM  

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