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According to new statistics released by the Pentagon, with Barack Obama as commander in chief, there has been a 23% increase in the number of “Private Security Contractors” working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan, which “correlates to the build up of forces” in the country.
These numbers relate explicitly to DoD security contractors. Companies like Blackwater and its successor Triple Canopy work on State Department contracts and it is unclear if these contractors are included in the over-all statistics. This means, the number of individual “security” contractors could be quite higher, as could the scope of their expansion.
Overall, contractors (armed and unarmed) now make up approximately 50% of the “total force in Centcom AOR [Area of Responsibility].” This means there are a whopping 242,657 contractors working on these two U.S. wars.
Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' Deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and is Increasing the Use of Mercenaries | World | AlterNet (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140378/obama_has_250%2C000_%27contractors%27_deployed_in_ iraq_and_afghanistan_and_is_increasing_the_use_of_ mercenaries/ - broken link)
Companies like Blackwater and its successor Triple Canopy work on State Department contracts and it is unclear if these contractors are included in the over-all statistics.
Do we need to send all wingnuts on a two week reading comprehension bootcamp?
That is the key line. If those people are included the numbers change dramatically.
Another day, another "what ridiculous thing can we do to try to hurt Obama" from the cons.
According to new statistics released by the Pentagon, with Barack Obama as commander in chief, there has been a 23% increase in the number of “Private Security Contractors” working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan, which “correlates to the build up of forces” in the country.
These numbers relate explicitly to DoD security contractors. Companies like Blackwater and its successor Triple Canopy work on State Department contracts and it is unclear if these contractors are included in the over-all statistics. This means, the number of individual “security” contractors could be quite higher, as could the scope of their expansion.
Overall, contractors (armed and unarmed) now make up approximately 50% of the “total force in Centcom AOR [Area of Responsibility].” This means there are a whopping 242,657 contractors working on these two U.S. wars.
Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' Deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and is Increasing the Use of Mercenaries | World | AlterNet (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/world/140378/obama_has_250%2C000_%27contractors%27_deployed_in_ iraq_and_afghanistan_and_is_increasing_the_use_of_ mercenaries/ - broken link)
Do we need to send all wingnuts on a two week reading comprehension bootcamp?
That is the key line. If those people are included the numbers change dramatically.
Another day, another "what ridiculous thing can we do to try to hurt Obama" from the cons.
Sad really.
Well, that isn't actually what it says. The increase is at least 23% and 29% respectively, but since they don't know if the state department's contractors are included the DoD number could be that much higher.
"According to new statistics released by the Pentagon, with Barack Obama as commander in chief, there has been a 23% increase in the number of “Private Security Contractors” working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan, which “correlates to the build up of forces” in the country.
These numbers relate explicitly to DoD security contractors. Companies like Blackwater and its successor Triple Canopy work on State Department contracts and it is unclear if these contractors are included in the over-all statistics. This means, the number of individual “security” contractors could be quite higher, as could the scope of their expansion."
hussein obama is just another warmonger? Watch his minions make excuses for him. O BA MA O BA MA O BA MA
nooo, he's just doing it to steal Iraqi oil...
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