{"id":9726,"date":"2011-12-09T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/libya-british-military-operations-in-country-cost-212-million\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:32:22","slug":"libya-british-military-operations-in-country-cost-212-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/libya-british-military-operations-in-country-cost-212-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: British Military Operations in Country Cost \u00a3212 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Vritish military operations in Libya cost \u00a3212 million, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday, far higher than the tens of millions the government estimated at the start of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Britain was at the forefront of international efforts to support Libya&#8217;s rebels against Moamer Kadhafi&#8217;s regime, launching UN-mandated military action with France and the United States in March before NATO took over.<\/p>\n<p>But the campaign to oust Kadhafi took longer than expected, pushing up the cost for Britain at a time when the government is seeking to slash public spending.<\/p>\n<p>Kadhafi was captured and killed by rebels in October shortly before Libya&#8217;s interim leaders declared the liberation of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our final assessment of the net additional costs of operations in Libya is \u00a3212 million (250 million euros, $330 million), made up of \u00a3145 million of operating costs plus a further \u00a367 million on replenishing munitions,&#8221; said Hammond.<\/p>\n<p>He hailed the final cost as &#8220;a successful outcome in every respect&#8221;, stressing it was lower than an estimate of \u00a3260 million given by his predecessor Liam Fox in October.<\/p>\n<p>But the figure is still potentially embarrassing for the government after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne predicted at the start of the campaign that it would cost &#8220;in the order of the tens of millions, not the hundreds of millions of pounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cost was met from government reserves, rather than normal budgets, at a time when the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has imposed deep cuts to spending, including the defence budget, as it seeks to slash a record deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Air Force planes carried out hundreds of bombing missions over Libya. &#8211; <em>ANP\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 8 December 2011 Vritish military operations in Libya cost \u00a3212 million, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Thursday, far higher than the tens of millions the government estimated at the start of the campaign. 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