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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze For Rockets

ProPublica | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Black Market, Security Contractors, Blackwater, Iraq War Funding, Iraq War, Weapons, Iraq, Rockets, American Foreign Policy, Military Contractors, Triple Canopy, Iraq-Weapons, Black Market Weapons, World News

"We're spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars -- where do you think that money is going to?" [1] Ronald Boline, a former Triple ...

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Private Contractors In Iraq Could Face Charges For Earlier Incidents Under New Security Pact

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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

Private security contractors operating in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution for acts committed when they supposedly had immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. ...

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The High Cost of Security

William Fisher | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Security Contractors, Kbr, Iraq, Congressional Budget Office, Blackwater, Politics News
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As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by th...

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Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Security Contractors

Antiwar.com | William Fisher | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Security Contractors, Warwire, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, Pentagon Abuse, Security Contractors Abuse, Politics News

As human rights groups demanded the release of a report on a long-running investigation of the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in th...

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US Seeks Private Security Contractors To Train Iraqi Military

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Army Training, Security Contractors, Warwire, Contractors Training Iraqi Army, Iraqi Army, Iraq War, Politics News

U.S. commanders in Iraq are for the first time seeking private contractors to form part of the small military teams that train and live with Iraqi mil...

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Iraq Says 2 American Security Contractors Detained

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Security Contractors, Private Security Contractors in Iraq, Iraq, Blackwater, War in Iraq, Politics News

Iraqi soldiers detained two American security guards along with several other foreigners traveling Monday in a private security convoy after they open...

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Iraq Authorizes Raids By Security Forces On Blackwater, Other War Contractors

New York Times | JAMES GLANZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Security Contractors, Raids, Warwire, Iraq, Politics News

The Iraqi interior minister said Wednesday that he would authorize raids by his security forces on Western security firms to ensure that they were co...

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