Monday, August 31, 2009

Moving The U.S. Military Out Of Iraq

Photo from Wired/The Danger Room

From Yahoo News/AP:

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.

The massive operation already under way a year ahead of the Aug. 31, 2010 deadline to remove all U.S. combat troops from Iraq shows the U.S. military has picked up the pace of a planned exit from Iraq that could cost billions.

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My Comment: The movers are going to make a killing on this contract.

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