AFP/File – Iraqis walk towards a destroyed vehicle caught in one of two suicide bombings in the western city of … WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government has no precise figure for how many contractors are employed in Iraq and... [read full story]
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In 2003, I was on a trip to Iraq and had arranged an appointment in the Green Zone with a member of the then-Iraqi Governing Council. Security was tight. I was with my Iraqi translator, a middle-aged man who had once been a...
As we debate how many more troops to dispatch to Afghanistan, it might be a good time to also debate just how far we've already gone in hiring private contractors to do jobs that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did...
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed on Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours he accused of meddling in its internal affairs as he met a UN special envoy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government does not know exactly how many contractors it employs in Afghanistan, a U.S. commission said on Monday, raising basic questions about oversight of wartime operations.
Source: Reuters * No firm count of contractors in Afghanistan * Lack of data creates questions about oversight * U.S. official calls for funding, new regulations WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. ...
