I think we all know as a general matter that there are a lot of ‘contractors’ in Iraq and that quite a few of them have gotten killed. But I’m not sure I’ve ever seen actual numbers.
Here are some numbers.
According to this article in the Times, the US military estimates there are 125,000 in country. In other words, there are almost as many there as US military personnel, who I think now number around 160,000, post surge.
And 1001 of them had been killed as of the end of June.
