ISG Blunder: Multiply by 20

ISG says 5,000 U.S. contractors in Iraq, DoD says 100,000

12/09/2006 9:38 PM ET

The Iraq Study Group in its exhaustive report flatly stated U.S. military contractors employ 5,000 people in Iraq. The Defense Department announced December 4, however, that its first census of the contractor population in Iraq showed 100,000 government contractor employees there. A tip of the hat to Slogger Christina for pinpointing this ISG gaffe.

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