Comments on: Regulating Contract Soldiers http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/regulating_contract_soldiers/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: akim http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/regulating_contract_soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-15297 akim Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5784#comment-15297 There are reports that over 80 security contractors were killed in the fightings across the country last week but their dead are not officially counted/reported among US mil casualties - it is also known that they're getting pretty much no support from the mil. Deaths only reported if journalists notice (like bombed convoys etc). Don't know how true that is. From independent.net (R.Fisk) via agonist.com --- There are reports that over 80 security contractors were killed in the fightings across the country last week but their dead are not officially counted/reported among US mil casualties - it is also known that they're getting pretty much no support from the mil. Deaths only reported if journalists notice (like bombed convoys etc).

Don't know how true that is. From independent.net (R.Fisk) via agonist.com

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