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US to Insist Iraq Grant It Wide Mandate in Operations
Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers report for The New York Times, "With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government in Baghdad give... ...
Immunity Deal Hampers Blackwater Inquiry
Lara Jakes Jordan reports for The Associated Press: "The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians....... ...
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... ...
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... ...
Blackwater Case Highlights Legal Uncertainties
Alissa J. Rubin and Paul von Zielbauer, reporting for The New York Times, write: "If a private in the United States military fires on civilians, a clear body of law and a set of procedures exist for the... ...
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... ...
Blackwater Contractor Wrote Government Report on Shooting
CNN says, "The State Department's initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy... ...
British firms battle for Iraq security deals
The U.S. government quietly gave a $485 mln security contract for Iraq to a private British firm within the week that U.S. contractors were accused of opening fire on and killing Iraqi civilians. http://www.ale rtnet.org/thenews/newsdesk /L01380420.htm From... ...