$6 Billion on Mercs...so Far

Nathan Hodge uncovers this little bit of chocalatey goodness from the most recent report of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

And that's just the stuff that the SIGIR found.

What's more the report says that the numbers should go up as the troops pull out, because, "requirements for private security services for DoS [Department of State] and USAID would likely increase to compensate for support previously provided by the military."

Lovely. The US needs to sign onto the anti-mercenary treaty, and shut down this entire industry.