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August 24, 2009

Census: Contractors Outnumber Troops in Afghanistan
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New figures meanwhile show military contractors in Afghanistan are now
far outnumbering US troops. A Pentagon census shows there were nearly
74,000 contractors in Afghanistan in June, compared to the estimated
58,000 troops there at that time. In Iraq, there were nearly 120,000
contractors and around 132,000 US troops.



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