Report: Iraq contracts have cost at least $85B (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 08/12/2008 - 5:05pm

In this Sept. 23, 2007 file photo, an armored sport-utility vehicle manned by private security contractors passes through central Baghdad, Iraq.<br /><br />In the last year, U.S. contractors in Iraq have been investigated in connection to the shooting deaths of Iraqis and in the electrocutions of U.S. troops who died while doing mundane tasks such as showering in barracks they were charged with maintaining.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Military contracts in the Iraq theater have cost taxpayers at least $85 billion, and when it comes to providing security, they might not be any cheaper than using military personnel, according to a report released Tuesday.




 

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