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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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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,... ...
Contractor involved in Iraq shooting got job in Kuwait
CNN 10/04/07 A Blackwater USA employee who was fired after he allegedly shot and killed an Iraqi security guard on Christmas Eve last year was hired by another private contractor to work in the region... ...