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U.S. Contractor Deaths Soaring in Afghanistan
New statistics on U.S. contractor deaths in Afghanistan were released earlier this week. They show that U.S. contractors deaths are soaring, from 189 last June 30th since the war began in 2001, to 521 this June 30th – an increase of 175% in just one year.
Friday, July 16, 2010

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Two Dyncorp Contractors Killed in Attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility
An American police mentor and a Nepalese security guard working under DynCorp International’s Afghan police training contract were tragically killed on June 7, 2010, when insurgents attacked a police training facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Five others were injured in the attack.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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U.S. contractor killed, 9 soldiers wounded in Taliban attack on Bagram air base
The attack before dawn, with gunfire, rockets and grenades, killed one U.S. contractor and wounded nine American soldiers. The U.S. soldiers at the base responded by killing 10 insurgents, including four wearing suicide vests.
Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Contractor Deaths Accelerating in Afghanistan as They Outnumber Soldiers
A recent Congressional Research Service analysis [1] obtained by ProPublica looked at the number of civilian contractors killed in Afghanistan in recent months. It's not pretty.
Friday, April 16, 2010

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More than 1700 contractors have been killed
The Labor Department, which tracks injuries to contract workers abroad, recently updated the tally [4]: Since 2001, more than 1,700 civilian contractors have died in Iraq and Afghanistan and nearly 40,000 have been reported injured.
Monday, February 22, 2010

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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