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Are there far more troop deaths/injuries that US admits to? Why hide contractor deaths? All are?

May 3rd, 2010 6 comments

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war related, aren’t they?

In outsourced US wars, Contractor Deaths Top 1,000

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) – The death toll for private contractors in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has topped 1,000, a stark reminder of the risks run by civilians working with the military in roles previously held by soldiers.

A further 13,000 contractors have been wounded in the two separate wars led by the United States against enemies who share fundamentalist Islamic beliefs and the hit-and-run tactics that drain conventional armies.

The casualty toll is based on figures the U.S. Department of Labor provided to Reuters in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act and on locally gathered data.

The department said it had recorded 990 deaths – 917 in Iraq and 73 in Afghanistan – by the end of March. Since then, according to incident logs tallied by Reuters in Baghdad and Kabul, at least 16 contractors have died in Iraq and two in Afghanistan.
well jeeper
to each his own, or her own. Yes I am interested. as are many others. One day we will total all he fatalities
in the name of oil.

the government keeps wayyy too many secrets from us, and frankly, if they keep this up i will learn french and move to canada when i get older to escape them.