Growth
- As of August 2003 more than 4,000 Iraqis had been hired.
- As of mid-October 2003 roughly 20,000 members were protecting more than 240 sites.
- As of 15 February 2004, there were more than 70,000 guards on duty.
- As of October 14, 2006; 150,000 per Jawad al-Bolani, Iraq's Interior Minister,
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