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Congress wants answers over $1bn war zone fees
The chaotic relationship between the US government and private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan was today highlighted by a Congressional investigation into where more than $1bn allocated for police... ...
Blackwater and Bush’s war
Future of Freedom Foundation by Sheldon Richman 10/15/07 If Iraq is really a sovereign country, which is the fiction maintained by the Bush administration, then why aren’t the Blackwater USA personnel... ...
Blackwater: Mercenaries by Definition
By A. Alexander Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater mercenaries, has been a huge financial supporter of George W. Bush and the Republican Party. That might explain why Mister Bush's State Department... ...
UN: Private military recruiting booming
MSNBC 10/16/07 The use of private security guards like those involved in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians is part of a growing new form of mercenary activity — the recruitment of people around... ...
America's Own Unlawful Combatants?
Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times, "As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by private security firms in Iraq, some officials are asking... ...
The Blackwater massacre
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 10/05/07 The rising political firestorm over the Blackwater massacre runs up against a legal firewall in the form of an edict issued by Paul Bremer, former U.S. viceroy,... ...
Red, white and mercenary in Iraq
Under the cloak of freedom, the U.S. exempted Blackwater and other contractors from Iraqi law -- and destroyed its own democratic credibility. http://www.s alon.com/opinion/blumentha l/2007/10/04/private_milit ary_in_iraq/ https://fre epage.twoday.net/search?q= mercenaries https://freepag e.twoday.net/search?q=cont ractors http://freepage.tw oday.net/search?q=Blackwat er http://freepage.twoday. net/search?q=Sidney+Blumen thal ...
Abu Ghraib Prisoners Accuse US Companies of Torture
By Agence France Press Two US Army subcontractors accused of torturing prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail go to court Wednesday in a case that highlights the murky legal status of private US companies... ...
Tension at House Hearing on Blackwater
Truthout's Matt Renner reports: "Blackwater employees were accused of committing criminal acts of violence, including an incident in December 2006, when an inebriated Blackwater employee shot and killed... ...
Blackwater Portrayed as Out of Control
The Associated Press reports: "Blackwater USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a key congressional committee. Among... ...