Sep 10, 2014

US Contractors Will Replace ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Iraq

Pentagon Notice Asks for Contractors Willing to Work Long-Term in Iraq.
By Jason Ditz for Antiwar.com |

In this April 4, 2004 file photo, plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers in the Iraqi city of Najaf. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez, File) 
 
Keeping the size of the official military deployment into Iraq to a relative minimum appears to be a goal that the Pentagon has in mind, with the Obama Administration adding troops in small ...
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