FACTBOX-Iraq war and refugees: two numbers
Source: Reuters
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Here are two sets of figures about the cost of the war in Iraq and the U.S. contribution to the United Nations refugee agency, the UNHCR. * $10 billion a month -- the cost of the war in Iraq to the United States, according to the Congressional Research Service, a bipartisan agency of the U.S. Congress. That translates into roughly $3,850 a second. * $36 million -- the total given and pledged by the United States to the UNHCR. That equals less than three hours of the cost of the war in Iraq. (Source: Congressional Research Service, UNHCR)
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