New Funding for Iraq war
A $162 billion emergency spending bill passed by senate last week signed by President Bush.The bill will pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the remainder of his presidency and into spring 2009. The total cost of the war in Iraq is brought to $400 billion after the bills approval. Since the electoral victories in November 2006, the Democratic-controlled Congress has approved more than $300 billion in emergency spending bills for Iraq and Afghanistan. A new GI Bill that expands education benefits for veterans who have served since the 9/11 attacks, is also part of the bill.
Price of Iraq war $121,000 per person in US.
The US budget for Iraq in FY 2007 came to $4,988 per one Iraqi. This is three times higher than Iraq’s per-person GDP. With the 2007 Iraq war budget US citizen can be paid $121 000 each. zFacts have a price clock in their site with a detailed report of the cost. Until this moment $543,641,450,398 had been spent on Iraq war.
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Bush vetoes banning waterboarding bill
A legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the CIA from using waterboarding (a controversial interrogation technique) has been vetoed by President Bush. A two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate is required to override veto. The U.S. Army Field Manual prohibits waterboarding and seven other interrogation methods. After CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress last month that government interrogators used waterboarding on three suspects the simulated drowning technique has been condemned by many members of Congress and human rights groups.
