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Iraq Bill Would Lift Contractor Immunity
Sinan Salaheddin of The Associated Press reports: "The Iraqi government on Tuesday approved draft legislation lifting immunity for foreign private security companies, sending the measure to parliament,... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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,... ...
Red, white and mercenary in Iraq
Under the cloak of freedom, the U.S. exempted Blackwater and other contractors from Iraqi law -- and destroyed its own democratic credibility. http://www.s alon.com/opinion/blumentha l/2007/10/04/private_milit ary_in_iraq/ https://fre epage.twoday.net/search?q= mercenaries https://freepag e.twoday.net/search?q=cont ractors http://freepage.tw oday.net/search?q=Blackwat er http://freepage.twoday. net/search?q=Sidney+Blumen thal ...