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Industry News : Casualties

     



Industry News : Casualties
Civilian Contractor Toll in Iraq and Afghanistan Ignored by Defense Dept.
As the war in Afghanistan entered its ninth year, the Labor Department recently released new figures for the number of civilian contract workers who have died in war zones since 9/11. Although acknowledged as incomplete, the figures show that at least 1,688 civilians have died and more than 37,000 have reported injuries while working for U.S. contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Monday, October 12, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
Contractors in Iraq Are Hidden Casualties of War
Nearly 1,600 civilian workers -- both Americans and foreign nationals -- have died in the two war zones. Thousands more have been injured. (More than 5,200 U.S. service members have been killed and 35,000 wounded.) Many of the civilians have come home as military veterans in all but name, sometimes with lifelong disabilities but without the support network available to returning troops.
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
Drugs suspected in death of Afghanistan contractor
A U.S. contractor in Afghanistan helping train the national police was found dead last week of a possible drug overdose, just months after his company was reprimanded by the State Department for another worker's drug-related death. The deaths have raised questions over how well DynCorp International selects and manages employees assigned to the police training contract, a crucial component of the U.S. effort to hand over more of the security burden to the Afghans.
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
State Department contractor electrocuted
A State Department contractor working for Triple Canopy apparently has been electrocuted while showering in Baghdad.
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
U.S. contractor killed in Green Zone
The man found stabbed to death in the Green Zone in Baghdad has been identified as the U.S. owner of a small construction company, officials said Saturday.
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
US contractor protecting diplomats in Iraq killed
A U.S. veteran who returned to Iraq as a civilian contractor was shot to death while protecting American diplomats in Iraq, his employer said Sunday. Justin Pope, 25, died after being shot late Wednesday or early Thursday in Kirkuk, said Douglas Ebner, a spokesman for Falls Church, Va.-based DynCorp International.
Monday, March 9, 2009

Industry News : Casualties
Two Dyncorp Contractors Hurt in Afghan Suicide Attack
A suicide car bomb struck a military convoy in Afghanistan's western city of Herat Friday, wounding two foreign civilians working with Afghan police and a soldier, officials said.
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Detailed new book offers deep drama of Cote saga
When Jonathon M. Cote and four private security co-workers were abducted in Iraq in 2006, the U. S. government did not make rescue efforts a “high priority,” according to an award-winning journalist who has written a book about the crime. And when authorities finally recovered the bodies this April, they made the gruesome discovery that Cote had been beheaded, according to reporter Steve Fainaru.
Friday, October 31, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
U.S. may rename embassy wing for contractor killed by Colombia rebels
The renaming of a U.S. Embassy wing in Columbia in honor of a contractor pilot killed by leftist rebels five years ago is expected to add a poignant postscript to the rescue of his three passengers by Colombian commandos in July.
Friday, September 26, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
U.S. Presents Defense Of Freedom Medals To Five Contractors Killed In Iraq
The families of five Fijian civilian security contractors who were killed in Iraq working for Armor Group were honored today by the U.S. Embassy in Suva, the Fiji Times reports.
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Two Contractors Still Missing
Both Kirk von Ackermann and Ryan Manelick worked for Ultra Services of Istanbul, Turkey.
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Families of abducted contractors eagerly await word
SOUTHCOM officials say rescuing the three U.S. hostages in Columbia remains a top priority, but families of the men say they’re frustrated by the lack of progress.
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Body recovered in Iraq is that of kidnapped contractor Cote
A body recovered in Iraq was identified Wednesday as that of Jonathon Cote, an Army veteran who was working as a contractor when he was kidnapped with four others more than a year ago.
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Fifth Contractor Remains ID'd in Iraq Kidnapping
The FBI on Friday identified the remains of an Austrian contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq with four Americans. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko confirmed the victim was Bert Nussbaumer, who was working for Crescent Security Group when he and the others were abducted in November 2006.
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Found: 3 More Bodies of Kidnapped American Contractors
The remains of three American contractors kidnapped in southern Iraq have been recovered, according to U.S. officials, confirming ransom negotiation experts' predictions that the contractors were executed.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Bodies of kidnapped U.S. contractors found
The remains of two U.S. contractors who were kidnapped in Iraq have been found, FBI officials said Monday. The bureau identified the two as Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, abducted on January 5, 2007, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, who was captured on November 16, 2006.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Families of Captive Contractors in Iraq Cling to a Grisly Find
For the families of five American contractors kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago, the months of waiting with no news of their fate have made for a battle of hope against dread. This month has come news, but of an inconclusive sort: that severed fingers delivered to the United States authorities in Iraq had been shown by DNA analysis to be those of four of the missing Americans and an Austrian who worked with three of them.
Sunday, March 23, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Keeping Death Off the Books: Media ignore contractors killed in Iraq
As the Iraq War begins its sixth year, a significant number of deaths connected to the invasion have remained off the books, uncounted by the U.S. military and seldom noticed by the media.
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Contractor deaths up 17 percent across Iraq in 2007
The number of civilian contractors reported killed in Iraq jumped 17 percent in 2007 and accounted for more than one in four deaths associated with the U.S. occupation last year.
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Industry News : Casualties
Three Tetra Tech Contractors Killed by IED in Iraq
They were part of the Coalitions Munitions Clearance Program, which is responsible for disposing of captured ammunitions in Iraq.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007