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By 2008, the US Department of Defense employed 155,826 private contractors in Iraq—and 152,275 troops. This degree of privatization is unprecedented in modern warfare.” (Afghan War figures were remarkably similar: In 2010, there were 94,413 contractors and 91,600 American troops in that country.)
In Syria DoD deployed 3,500 US troops and estimated 4,000 contractors. Continua a leggere»