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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... ...
Questions Remain About Housing Secretary
Pete Yost reports for The Associated Press: "During an investigation of his conduct last year, President Bush's housing secretary defiantly defended his dealings with federal contractors doing business... ...
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... ...
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... ...
The Price Of an Iraqi Life: $500 to $5,000
By Bernd Debusmann No court, either in Iraq or in the U.S., has dealt with an Iraqi national seeking compensation for death from a U.S. private security contractor. The companies operate in a legal no-man's... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...