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Iraq Contractors

Oh, I Get It, Democrats Are The B-Team

Suzanne O'Keeffe | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Star Wars, U.S. Economy, War Supplemental Bill, Iraq War, Democratic Leadership, Iraq Contractors, Obama, Iraq War Funding, War Profiteers, Home News
Suzanne O'Keeffe

The Democratic leadership's latest move giving Bush & Co. billions more dollars for the fraud-based war and occupation of Iraq is Shakespearean: The good guys, turns out, are working with the bad guys!

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Missing White House Emails, Iraq War, Samuel Alito Exxon, Exxon Mobil, Polar Bears, Iraq Contractors, Newt Gingrich, Dennis Kucinich Impeachment, Exxon Valdez, Torture, Afghanistan War, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Investigation confirms torture at U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Michael Reagan calls for murder of anti-war activists, Gingrich claims Supreme Court decision will "cost us a city" and $23 billion in lost Iraq funds.

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Going Out of Business: How Much Longer Will Iraq Be for Sale?

ZP Heller | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, George Bush, Iraq for Sale, War Profiteers, Blackwater, Caci, Blackwater Iraq, Bush Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater Investigation, War in Iraq, Politics News
ZP Heller

The Iraq War and the interrogation of Iraqi prisoners ought to be the responsibility of highly-trained military personnel, not poorly-prepared contractors whose only goal is to make profits.

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Nickels and Dimes: Why the White House Opposes the GI Bill

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Contractors, Pentagon, Senator Webb, Retention, Veterans, Dod, Iava, 21st Century GI Bill, Iraq Contractors, Defense Spending, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

The administration's argument is that if a GI Bill benefit is too good, it'll reward veterans too richly for their service and draw them away from re-enlisting.

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McCain Fundraiser Sued Over Iraq Fuel Contracts

MSNBC News | Aram Roston | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Fuel Contracts, Warwire, Iraq Fuel Costs, Iraq Contractors, War in Iraq, Politics News

A little-noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of avia...

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Audit: 98% Of Iraq Contractors Failed To Comply With Fraud Regulations

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Contractors, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Contractor Fraud, Iraq Fraud, Iraq Contract Fraud, Politics News

WASHINGTON — An internal audit of some $8 billion paid to U.S. and Iraqi contractors found that nearly every transaction failed to comply with f...

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Jason Linkins

U.S. Military Contractor 'Used Armored Cars To Transport Prostitutes'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Prostitution, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Iraq War Contractors, Private Security Contractors, Dyncorp, Warwire, Politics News

Over at Muckraked, we get news that "a panel of whistleblowers" testifying before a Senate committee yesterday dropped a dime on their employer, milit...

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A Look Inside Blackwater's Global Ambitions

Mother Jones | Bruce Falconer and Daniel Schulman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater Contractors, Warwire, Erik Prince, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

When Blackwater founder Erik Prince took his seat before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last October, in the midst of a firest...

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Top Iraq Contractor Skirts Taxes Offshore

Boston Globe | Farah Stockman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, War in Iraq, Tax Havens, Iraq Contractor, Halliburton, Cayman Islands, Politics News

Kellogg Brown & Root, the nation's top Iraq war contractor and until last year a subsidiary of Halliburton Corp., has avoided paying hundreds of milli...

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Fraud Crackdown Comes With a Loophole

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War Contractors, Warwire, Private Contractors, Contract Fraud, Iraq Fraud, Iraq Contractors, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Bush administration plan to crack down on contract fraud has a multibillion-dollar loophole: The proposal to force companies to r...

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Private Iraq Contractors Employing Latin American Poor

LA Times | Patrick McDonnell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Warwire, Private Contractors, Iraq, War in Iraq, Politics News

Sometimes he wakes up with a shudder, thinking he needs to take cover, fast. At other moments he dreams he's running and the mortar shell strikes agai...

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US Demands Free Rein In Iraq Long After Bush Leaves

New York Times | THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, Politics News

With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government in Baghdad give the United ...

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Employee Accuses Halliburton Of Covering Up Rape In Iraq

ABC's The Blotter | BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER & JUSTIN ROOD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Rape, Kbr, Private Contractors, Halliburton, The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Politics News

A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the in...

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Pentagon Strikes Deal For Greater Oversight Of Iraq Contractors

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq Contractors, State Department, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

A new agreement between the Pentagon and the State Department gives the military in Iraq more control over Blackwater Worldwide and other private sec...

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NYT: Withdraw All Private Armies From Iraq

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Politics News

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refers to the lack of legal accountability that allows mercenaries working for the American government to kill Ira...

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Revealed: Cost Of U.S. Contractors In Iraq Has Soared To $4 Billion

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, War Wire, Politics News

Over the past four years, the amount of money the State Department pays to private security and law enforcement contractors has soared to nearly $4 bi...

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State Dept Considers Phasing Out Private Security Guards In Iraq

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Blackwater USA, Private Contractors, State Department, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

The State Department may phase out or limit the use of private security guards in Iraq, which could mean canceling Blackwater USA's contract or awardi...

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Private Contractors Open Fire In Iraq, 2 Women Dead

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Private Contractors, Politics News

Two women were killed in central Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said, apparently when a private security company opened fire on their car after it a...

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Edwards: Top Hillary Advisor Represents Blackwater

ABC News | JAKE TAPPER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Iraq Contractors, Hillary Clinton, Blackwater, Politics News

In a scathing attack, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards went after frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Friday, calling her a "corpora...

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Blackwater Chaos: "At Least One Guard Continued Firing On Civilians," Report Finds

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

Participants in a contentious Baghdad security operation this month have told American investigators that during the operation at least one guard cont...

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Congress To Rice: Stop Interfering With Iraq Investigation

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater USA, Condoleezza Rice, Politics News

An ongoing battle between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a House committee investigating Iraqi government corruption and the activities of th...

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Waxman: Blackwater Inquiry Blocked by State Dept

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blackwater Probe, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater State Department, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

The Democratic chairman of a House committee complained Tuesday that the State Department was blocking his panel's efforts to investigate the private ...

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Iraq Backing Off Blackwater Ejection

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

The United States on Tuesday suspended all land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Gree...

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Iraqis To Review All Security Companies

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Defense Contractors, Blackwater Expelled, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in ...

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Iraq To Eject Blackwater Over Killings

Time | ADAM ZAGORIN AND BRIAN BENNETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Contractors, Iraq Contractors, Blackwater Ejected Iraq, Blackwater, Blackwater Iraq, Politics News

TIME has obtained an incident report prepared by the U.S. government describing a fire fight Sunday in Baghdad in which at least eight Iraqis were rep...

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