Syria Episode Shows How Contractors Still Used To Fight America's Wars

iscalculates the true size of the footprint. The true size of the US military footprint in Syria is underestimated because contractors are not included in official data.

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Apr 16, 2023 • 2 min read

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Syria episode shows how contractors are still used to fight America's wars

Official data about US military personnel in so-called "war zones" overseas is likely to be an understatement of the true number. Active duty military deaths account for only a small portion of American deaths in Washington's overseas crusades over the past 20 years.

The Pentagon is increasingly using 'civilian contractor' drone strikes, like the one that killed a US military soldier on a base of the coalition in eastern Syria.

7 908 contractors are reported to be located in Iraq and Syria
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Most people assume that when they hear the term, the people involved are military support personnel who provide food, transportation and other services. This is correct.

Who are the members of the U.S. military?

In 2017, U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon was forced to "substitute contractors as soldiers to meet the force-manning levels" in Afghanistan.

Over 25,000 contractors were working in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, there were 4,172 private security contractors, including 2,397 armed private security contractor.

DoD, Department of State and USAID.

Tyler Durden

Mon, 04/10/2023 - 20:00

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