WAR SUPPLY COST SOARS

"The U.S. is paying six times as much to send war supplies to troops in Afghanistan through alternate routes after Pakistan's punitive decision in November to close border crossings to NATO convoys... it is now costing about $104 million per month to send the supplies through a longer northern route. That is $87 million more per month than when the cargo moved through Pakistan..."
http://news.yahoo.com/us-costs-soar-war-supply-routes-220821812.html

"At the moment, with the cheaper Pakistani routes to Afghanistan cut off by that country’s government... it’s estimated that the cost of resupplying U.S. troops there has risen six-fold... before that route was shut down, a single gallon of fuel for U.S. troops cost at least $400!..."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/14-7