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Terugtrekken op z'n Amerikaans

In their reporting, however, the US corporate media - in near monolithic fashion - has failed to mention the drawdown would not include the more than 100,000 private military contractors that are already serving in Iraq, in addition to the 144,000 troops. This collective blackout is even more disturbing when you consider that the US State Department has plans to dramatically increase the number of private contractors that will serve in Iraq to coincide with the drawdown of US forces.

"The State Department is asking Congress to approve funds to more than double the number of private security contractors in Iraq with a State Department official testifying in June at a hearing of the Wartime Contracting Commission that the Department wants 'between 6,000 and 7,000 security contractors,'" reported Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." "What is unfolding is the face of President Obama's scaled-down, rebranded mini-occupation of Iraq. Under the terms of the Status of Forces agreement, all US forces are supposed to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. Using private forces is a back-door way of continuing a substantial US presence under the cover of "'diplomatic security.'"

http://www.towardfreedom.com/global-...he-war-in-iraq