From Washington Post via truthout.org :
"Help Wanted" Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091707C.shtml
Walter Pincus reports for The Washington Post: "A week ago today, Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end. But 10 days ago, his commanders in Baghdad began advertising for private contractors to work in combat-supply warehouses on U.S. bases throughout Iraq because half the soldiers who had been working in the warehouses were needed for patrols, combat and protection of US forces."
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