Money | Libya US Tab in Libya: at Least $896M Libya, by the numbers By Kate Seamons Posted Aug 23, 2011 10:13 AM CDT Copied People celebrate the recent news of uprising in Tripoli against Moammar Gadhafi's regime at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) With fresh fighting erupting in Tripoli today, the intervention clearly isn't over yet—but how much are we already in for? The Pentagon yesterday announced how much we've spent in Libya through July 31: $896 million. But that's not the only number ABC News collected. Libya, by the numbers: $25 million: The amount we also promised the Transitional National Council in non-lethal aid. 120,000: The number of Halal meals the military shipped to Benghazi in May. 5,316: The number of sorties US planes have flown since April 1. 22.7%: The percent of those sorties that were airstrike missions. $221.9 million: The cash we've made by selling ammunition, fuel, and other military goods to our allies. Read These Next State Department abandons a Biden-era font, blaming DEI. Trump doesn't want Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito to retire. Audio from when an off-duty pilot tried to down plane reveals chaos. Police say a woman with 100+ prior arrests fatally struck a musician. Report an error