The Iraq War's Other Contractors

Consortium News by Carol Burke | May. 4, 2009 (News Analysis)

The most impressive contracting effort of the Iraq War to date is not the shoveling of treasure to Halliburton, but rather the low-profile hiring of over 100,000 Sons of Iraq over the last two years to guard the towns, neighborhoods and highways of Iraq.

The future of Iraq rests on what happens to these insurgents we turned into peacekeepers. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 4, 2009

Embedded reporting, but better than most such. It supplements the reporting of Dahr Jamail who actually talks with the Iraqis and is not embedded.

This protracted war of counterinsurgency has even given rise to a new slang term in military speech. The soldier who rarely gets off the FOB ... More »

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