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Obama Has 250,000 "Contractors" in Iraq and Afghanistan
Newly released Pentagon statistics show that in both Iraq and Afghanistan the number of armed contractors is rising. The DoD says it sees "similar dependence on contractors in future." http://rebelrepo rts.com/post/116277092/oba ma-has-250-000-contractors -in-iraq-and-afghan From ... ...
Whence the terror hysteria? Follow the money
AntiWar.Com by Philip Giraldi 06/02/09 One of the unique pleasures of living near our nation’s capital is to sit down with the first morning cup of coffee, open the Washington Post, and flip through... ...
Special Operations' Oversight of Contractors Is Faulted
Walter Pincus, The Washington Post: "The U.S. Special Operations Command, which has Army Special Forces units worldwide, has been criticized by the Pentagon inspector general for not providing adequate... ...
Government Taps Bailout Contractors With Conflicts of Interest
Elana Schor, The Washington Independent: "As the Wall Street bailout nears its first anniversary, the controversy over giving public money to private banks has become public knowledge. But an equally risky... ...
Blackwater accused of wrongly arming workers
MSNBC 05/21/09 The security firm formerly known as Blackwater armed some of its workers in Afghanistan despite U.S. military documents that prohibited them from carrying guns, said two former contractors... ...
Blackwater in Hot Water Again
Fisnik Abrashi, The Associated Press: Four US contractors for the private security company formerly known as Blackwater are accusing the company of holding them against their will in Afghanistan following... ...
The private contracting surge into Afghanistan
AntiWar.Com by Kelley B. Vlahos 05/14/09 Convenie ntly short on real details — perhaps deliberately so — the Obama administration’s new war strategy for Afghanistan has yet to acknowledge the huge footprint... ...
Did Blackwater Contractors Attempt to Hide Evidence of a Massacre in Iraq?
Scott Horton, Harpers Magazine: "Private security contractor Xe (formerly Blackwater USA) has fallen on hard times. Iraq has yanked its license, forcing Blackwater out of one of its former operations centers.... ...
Ten terrible truths about the CIA torture memos
The fatal thread CounterPunch by Chris Floyd 04/22/09 This is one reason why Barack Obama is so obviously reluctant to tug on the torture thread too hard. If you tear it out, with full-scale prosecutions... ...
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care
T. Christian Miller and Doug Smith, The Los Angeles Times: "Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding... ...