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No place to hide: War Criminals Beware, Justice Ahead
In Paris last week, Rumsfeld left a prestigious speaking event in haste, slipping out a side door to avoid the human rights lawyers and journalists waiting to confront him with criminal charges of torture.... ...
The U.S. addiction to privatising wars
Whether the controversial U.S. private security company Blackwater leaves Iraq or not, the United States is unlikely to shake its dependence on civilians fighting its wars anytime soon. The superpower... ...
Former AG Charges Democrats Were Targets in Inquiries
Philip Shenon, of The New York Times, reports, "Richard L. Thornburgh, attorney general in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, charged Tuesday that political reasons motivated the Justice Department... ...
U.S. cannot account for billion-dollar Iraq contract
The State Department does not know specifically what it received for a billion-dollar contract with security firm DynCorp International to provide training services for Iraqi police, a U.S. watchdog agency... ...
Waxman alleges Blackwater tax fraud
Fox News 10/22/07 Rep. Henry Waxman has leveled new accusations against embattled Iraq security contractor Blackwater USA, saying the firm appears to be conducting a ‘tax scheme’ to avoid paying millions... ...
US mismanaged $1.2 billion for Iraqi police
USA Today 10/22/07 The State Department so badly managed a $1.2 billion contract for Iraqi police training that it can’t tell what it got for the money spent, a new report says. Because of disarray in... ...
Iraq says U.S. mercenaries Blackwater must go
Iraq put more pressure on the United States on Thursday to pull out security contractor Blackwater from Baghdad but the State Department said no decision had been made on the North Carolina firm. http://www.alertnet .org/thenews/newsdesk/N184 25934.htm From... ...
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... ...
Blackwater "Excesses" No Surprise
William Fisher, reporting for Truthout, writes, "On October 15, a diplomatic advocacy organization charged that the powerful State Department office and the Department's inspector general are protecting... ...
Privatizing Terror, Outsourcing Diplomacy
By Wajahat Ali "Isn't it interesting that the same government individual, who has been reported by one investigative committee to have made the initial decision for Blackwater to get its first contract,... ...