Iraq War Contractors

Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.29.2008 | 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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An Iraqi Translator Gets Prosecuted While Blackwater Gets Another Year in Iraq

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Contractors, Nisour Square, Saddam Hussein, Private Contractors, Iraq, Blackwater, Iraq War, Alaa Mohammad Ali, Iraq War Contractors, Private Security Contractors, Blackwater Iraq, Iraq Blackwater Contract, Blackwater USA, Blackwater Investigation, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Despite the fact that contractors now outnumber US soldiers in Iraq, there have to date only been two prosecutions of private personnel.

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Getting the Iraq Contractors Under Control: Hearing tomorrow and day of reckoning for the DOD, State and USAID

Dina Rasor | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, War Service Industry, Mccaskill, Senate Oversight, Carper, Iraq War Contractors, Obama, Politics News
Dina Rasor

In this time where the economy is crashing, these new reformers may have a chance in getting control of some of the money that is flowing to Iraq.

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2005 Use of Riot Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions

NY Times | James Risen | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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The helicopter was hovering over a Baghdad checkpoint into the Green Zone, one typically crowded with cars, Iraqi civilians and United States military...

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Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Charges

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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The Defense Department's top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped ...

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Contractors Say They Will Stay Despite Lack of Immunity: Want to Bet Our Soldiers' Lives On It?

Dina Rasor | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War Service Industry, Iraq Contractors, Contractor Employees, Kbr, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Contractor Immunity, Private Contractors, Iraq War Contractors, Iraq, Politics News
Dina Rasor

After the Iraqi police throw the first U.S. contractor employee into the lovely Iraqi prison system, there could be an employee flight out of Iraq.

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The GOP Iraq War: Follow the Money

Dan Agin | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

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Dan Agin

That $475 billion for the Grand Old Party Iraq War did not get burned up in a bonfire, it just moved into the private bank accounts of defense contractor and subcontractor executives and shareholders.

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Way Beyond Blackwater: The Public is Finally Learning the Truth About Private Security Contractors

Dina Rasor | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

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Dina Rasor

Another day, another story about an out of control private security contractor shooting.

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ABC Obtains First Images Of Blackwater Firefight

ABC News | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics

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ABC News has obtained the first images of the controversial September 16 shooting incident involving Blackwater security forces. The still images, t...

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$189 Billion More for Iraq? Put it on the Credit Card...Oops! The Card Was Maxed Out

Dina Rasor | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

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Dina Rasor

Until yesterday, that credit card, also known as the national debt, was hitting its legal ceiling.

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$6 Billion In Iraq Contracts Under Criminal Investigation

New York Times | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics

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Military officials said Thursday that contracts worth $6 billion to provide essential supplies to American troops in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan -- i...

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Lizzie Cheney - The Pride of Lockheed Martin - Speaketh

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 01.23.2007 | Politics

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Larisa Alexandrovna

Writing a Washington Post opinion that no one asked for and no one wants, especially from this family, Lizzie attacks those that threaten future war profits.

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