Iraq Security Costs Soar

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2007 1:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – The US Military has paid $548M to two British firms over the past three years to protect engineers working on projects in Iraq—nearly doubling its original budget, according to the Washington Post. A swelling insurgency and shortage of troops are driving up the cost... Read full story »

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