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14 hours ago ago from Free Thought Manifesto

Afghanistan By Rick Rozoff Source: Stop NATO December 19, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research The higher number of Defense Department contractors, 160,000, added to over 100,000 troops - with the likely prospect of both numbers climbing yet more - will result in over a quarter of a million U.S. personnel serving under the Pentagon and NATO. The latter has 42,000 non-U.S. troops fighting under its command currently and pledges of 8,000 ...

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17 hours ago ago from Dr Nasir Khan

William Hartung, Foreign Policy in Focus , Dec 23, 2009 It's been a good decade for the Pentagon. The most recent numbers from Capitol Hill indicate that Pentagon spending (counting Iraq and Afghanistan) will reach over $630 billion in 2010. And that doesn't even include the billions set aside for building new military facilities and sustaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal. But even without counting the costs of the wars in Iraq and ...

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