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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 11:03 AM
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190,000 contractors working on U.S.-funded contracts in Iraq
Massive Military Contractors's Role In Iraq Documented By New Congressional Report
By Andrew Tilghman - August 12, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/massive_military_contractorss.php


Today private military contractors supporting the U.S. occupation in Iraq far outnumber U.S. troops inside the country.

All together, these non-uniformed workers have cost nearly $100 billion, accounting for roughly 20 percent of the total U.S. budget for the five-year war.

That's according to the most comprehensive study to date (.pdf) of private contractors in Iraq, released today by the Congressional Budget Office.

The CBO estimates that more than 190,000 contractors were working on U.S.-funded contracts in the Iraq theater as of early 2008. ....

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PDF: http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9688&type=1

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 11:12 AM
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1. working... or milking... or bilking...
that would be more the gist of it, IMO.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 11:18 PM
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2. and funding the Republican National Committee
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