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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 07:01 PM
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There is at least $6,601,015,731 worth of US Army managed military equipment in Iraq...
The document lists US Army managed equipment in Iraq held by Army, Marines, Air Force and coalition forces, the Iraqi government, and at least one military contractor as of April 2007. It does not cover expendables such as munitions, printer cartridges or fuel.

The list itself does not include pricing information, however we were able to obtain pricing information for around 1/5 of the items by cross referencing with information obtained from public US logistics military hardware catalog databases. This process reveals that there is at least $6,601,015,731 worth of US Army managed military equipment in Iraq (nb. this is a minimum, the real value is likely to be five to fifteen times higher)<16>

<16> ↑ We were only able to get pricing information for around 1 in 5 of the items on the list. The more modern (and so more expensive) the item the less the chance pricing information is available and many items and nearly all replenishables from grenades to petrol are not registered with the database.

http://88.80.13.160/wiki/US_Military_Equipment_in_Iraq_%282007%29#_note-15
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 07:06 PM
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1. seems low
consider that one carrier (while not physically IN Iraq, is there because of Iraq) costs twice that.
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