AP: Nearly 800 Iraq contractors killed
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In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press.
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Officials investigate after at least eight Iraqi civilians are reported killed by US private contractors.
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As of Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at least 3,840 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,127 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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US military officials say eight American marines were killed and nine others injured Saturday in al-Anbar, west of Baghdad. Also Saturday, seven people died and 16 others were
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There are about 100,000 government contractors operating in Iraq, not counting subcontractors, a total that is approaching the size of the U.S. military force there, according to the military's first census of the growing population of civilians operating in the battlefield.
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As of Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, at least 2,887 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,316 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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A U.S. military contractor was killed Monday and three others injured in an accident that may have involved unexploded ordnance at the largest American military base in Kuwait, the U.S. military said.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in violence since the US-led invasion last year, American public health experts have calculated in a report that estimates there were 100,000 &quot;excess deaths&quot; in 18 months.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been  killed in violence since the U.S.-led invasion last year,  American public health experts have calculated in a report that  estimates there were 100,000 "excess deaths" in 18 months.
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Eight security personnel have been killed, and up to 50 militants are dead, news agencies quoted a military spokesman as saying.
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Eighty people were killed and 150 more wounded after a suicide truck driver detonated his cargo in a crowded market in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
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Also, seven Iraqi men applying for jobs with the Iraqi National Guard were ambushed and killed in western Baghdad, and four U.S. soldiers were killed in a number of incidents over 24 hours.
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Four coalition and Iraqi military convoys and a pro-vincial government office were bombed yesterday, kil-ling at least eight people, including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper in the Baghdad area.
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Four Iraqi National Guards were killed  and up to 80 wounded in a mortar attack on their headquarters  north of Baghdad Tuesday, the U.S. military and Iraqi Defense  Ministry said.
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Â· More than 150 injured in coordinated attacks Â· One of deadliest days since US troop surge
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As of Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at least 3,897 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,171 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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TIKRIT, Iraq  - Iraqi police and local officials said at least six children and eight women were among 32 people killed in a U.S. air strike on Friday which the U.S. military said killed 20 al Qaeda militants, including two women.