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Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record

Source: By JOHN M. BRODER and JAMES RISEN, New York Times, May 19, 2007


Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone, according to new government numbers.