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More private military contractors than uniformed service members were killed while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan between January and June of this year, marking the first time that corporations have lost more personnel on America’s battlefields than the United States military, according to ProPublica
Now, in Afghanistan, we have over 120,000 soldiers and an unknown number of mercenaries. Some say there are more mercenaries than there are military. We are leaving over 50,000 military personnel and an unknown number of mercenaries in Iraq.
Originally posted by hoghead cheese
They won't say because I bet if you add up the contractors the number of deaths would be in the tens of thousands.
Originally posted by Expat888
Stop invading countries and slaughtering people for american corporate greed.. Then wouldnt have to worry about it...
January 9, 2010
Pakistan’s government reported US drones killed only civilians in 39 of 44 attacks on their country in 2009; with over 700 innocent civilians killed, according to Pakistan's most widely-read English newspaper. Pakistan has repeatedly publicly denounced the US attacks, making the US guilty of War Crimes as they do not have explicit permission from Pakistan’s government.