Industry News : Casualties
Armor Group contractor killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
A South African man who worked for an English company that is destroying captured munitions in Iraq was killed by a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
Friday, August 31, 2007

Industry News : Casualties
Information incomplete on contractors in Iraq
While acknowledging the death toll of contractors working in Iraq has crossed the milestone of 1,000, the government Wednesday provided incomplete information about the companies the victims worked for or their nationalities.
Thursday, August 9, 2007

Industry News : Casualties
Labor Dept: 1,001 contractors have died in Iraq
More than 1,000 civilian contractors have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion more than four years ago, according to Labor Department records made available tonight.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

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2 Australian contractors killed in Iraq, another wounded
Two Australian contractors were killed and another wounded in Iraq when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by an explosive device, the department of foreign affairs said Sunday.
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Industry News : Casualties
Contractor deaths top 1,000
The death toll for private contractors in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has topped 1,000, a stark reminder of the risks run by civilians working with the military in roles previously held by soldiers. A further 13,000 contractors have been wounded.
Friday, July 6, 2007

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DynCorp Manager Killed in Iraq
Michael W. Butler, senior deputy program manager for DynCorp International’s CIVPOL program in Iraq, was killed today near Tikrit when the vehicle in which he was traveling was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record
Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone, according to new government numbers.
Saturday, May 19, 2007

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America's hidden war dead
More than 770 civilians working for U.S. firms have lost their lives supporting the military in Iraq, and some families are now speaking out.
Monday, March 26, 2007

Industry News : Casualties
Iraq tally omits contract workers
In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military, according to figures gathered by the Associated Press.
Saturday, February 24, 2007

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DynCorp Security Supervisor Killed in Baghdad
Glen Joyce, 40, of Helderkruin, Roodepoort, South Africa, was killed February 15th in Iraq in a mortar attack. One other DynCorp International employee and four Iraqis were injured in the same attack, which occurred in Baghdad at approximately 6:30 a.m. local time.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

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KBR driver shot dead by U.S. forces in Iraq
The U.S. military confirmed today that American forces at Camp Anaconda, the huge air base north of Baghdad, shot and killed a civilian contract truck driver.
Sunday, February 11, 2007

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KBR, the military honor civilian sacrifices
The Defense Department and KBR on Friday honored 28 contractors who were killed or wounded in the Middle East with the agency's civilian version of the Purple Heart.
Sunday, February 11, 2007

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Crash could bring Blackwater's death toll in Iraq to 27
A helicopter owned by Moyock, N.C.-based Blackwater USA crashed Tuesday as it flew over a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, and a U.S. official said five American civilians on board were killed.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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Contractors Under Fire: Kidnappings, Attacks and Casualties On The Rise
The recent attack on Australian and Dubai-based security company, Unity Resource Group (URG) shows that insurgents continue to target security contractors.
Friday, January 19, 2007

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Inquiry into Iraq shooting of Contractor
THE US company KBR has confirmed it was the employer of a civilian contractor who died after being shot by Australian soldiers in Baghdad on Saturday.
Friday, January 19, 2007

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Truck driver shot was a US KBR employee
The truck driver shot and killed by Australian troops in Baghdad after he ignored signals to stop at a security checkpoint for the Australian Embassy was working for the major US contractor KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton.
Monday, January 15, 2007

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US embassy confirms kidnapping of citizen in Iraq: Interpreters found murdered
Two Iraqi interpreters kidnapped along with an American citizen a day ago have been found murdered in central Basra, a spokesperson for the British military said on Saturday. "I confirm the disappearance of the American. He is a private security contractor," US embassy spokesman Louis Fintor said.
Saturday, January 6, 2007

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Answers about contractors killed in Iraq continue to elude relatives
Family members of some of the more than 650 civilian contractors who have died or disappeared in Iraq say they're struggling to get information about their loved ones, how they died, what happened, who's to blame.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007

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2 Americans, 4 Afghans Killed in Bombing
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a compound for security contractors in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two Americans and four Afghans, a company official and witnesses said. The bomber attacked on foot as the men left the Kandahar city compound of the Houston-based security company USPI.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006

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SOC-SMG Contractor to receive medal
In a ceremony Monday at Fort Bragg, Brian James Wagoner will be awarded the Defense of Freedom medal, which was created in 2001 to honor killed or injured private contractors or civilian employees of the Department of Defense. He was killed in Iraq from an improvised roadside bomb.
Monday, November 27, 2006