Obama Iraq Speech To Signal Shift To Afghan Focus

US taxpayer-paid private contracted troops are now directly handling combat, and will until the 56,000 US combat-trained and ready troops remaining in Iraq are needed.



http://www.truth-out.org/confusion-iraq-troops-and-contractors-march-into-new-era62719



And, not that they were worth much, but along with the official announcement that "combat has ended in Iraq", so goes the little media that's [embedded] there reporting the events on the ground.



So Americans are really going to be in the dark about what's being done "in our names [and with our money]".
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