Hidden costs of the Iraq War

I wonder if providing security against disruptive peace activists counts as a cost of the Iraq War?

clipped from hosted.ap.org More than 900 vehicles and hundreds of cargo containers are being returned to the fort for the 4-2 Brigade, the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. The ship, the Brittin, arrived Tuesday at the port. When the equipment was shipped out in March of 2007, anti-war protests led to the arrests of 37 people while police agencies spent $1 million for security.