’War on terror’ set to surpass cost of Second World War By Rupert Cornwell in Washington Thursday, 30 June 2011 The total cost to America of its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus the related military operations in Pakistan, is set to exceed $4 trillion – more than three times the sum so far authorised by Congress in the decade since the 9/11 attacks. Click HERE to view graphic (101 kb) This staggering sum emerges from a new study by academics at the Ivy-league Brown (...)