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Obama Has 250,000 "Contractors" in Iraq and Afghan Wars, Increases Number of Mercenaries

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According to new statistics released by the Pentagon, with Barack Obama as commander in chief, there has been a 23% increase in the number of ?Private Security Contractors? working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan, which ?correlates to the build up of forces? in the country.

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