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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 3 Juli 2007 / Time Line July 3, 2007
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In outsourced US wars, contractor deaths top 1,000
By Bernd Debusmann, Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - The death toll for private contractors in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has topped 1,000, a stark reminder of the risks run by civilians working with the military in roles previously held by soldiers.
A further 13,000 contractors have been wounded in the two separate wars led by the United States against enemies who share fundamentalist Islamic beliefs and the hit-and-run tactics that drain conventional armies.
The casualty toll is based on figures the U.S. Department of Labor provided to Reuters in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act and on locally gathered data....
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